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Close Encounters with Humankind: A Paleoanthropologist Investigates Our Evolving Species

By Sang-Hee Lee, Shin-Young Yoon (Editor)
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By Sang-Hee Lee, Shin-Young Yoon (Editor)
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One of Smithsonian's Ten Best Science Books of 2018


In this captivating bestseller, Korea’s first paleoanthropologist offers fresh insights into humanity’s dawn and evolution.

What can fossilized teeth tell us about the life expectancy of our ancient ancestors? How did farming play a problematic role in the history of human evolution? How can simple geometric comparisons of skull and pelvic fossils suggest a possible origin to our social nature? And what do we truly have in common with the N...

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