Lone Survivors: How We Came to Be the Only Humans on Earth

by Chris Stringer

Book Overview

A leading researcher on human evolution proposes a new and controversial theory of how our species came to be In this groundbreaking and engaging work of science, world-renowned paleoanthropologist Chris Stringer sets out a new theory of humanity's origin, challenging both the multiregionalists (who hold that modern humans developed from ancient ancestors in different parts of the world) and his own "out of Africa" theory, which maintains that humans...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805088911
• ISBN13: 9780805088915
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Times Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.4"