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How to build a human : in seven evolutionary steps
- Title
- How to build a human : in seven evolutionary steps / Pamela S. Turner ; art by John Gurche.
- Author
- Turner, Pamela S.
- Publication
- Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2022]
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFF 23-61 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Gurche, John
- Description
- ix, 166 pages : color illustrations, color maps; 27 cm
- Summary
- "A celebrated science writer draws upon the most recent discoveries in paleoarchaeology and evolutionary biology to present the seven most important steps leading to Homo sapiens"--
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Juvenile works.
- Instructional and educational works.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [153]-162) and index.
- Audience (note)
- Ages 10+
- 990L
- Awards (note)
- A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard selection
- Contents
- Forward / by Dr. Habiba Chirchir -- Introduction -- How we started -- Step 1: We stand up -- Step 2: We smash rocks -- Step 3: We get swelled heads -- Step 4: We take a hike -- Step 5: We invent barbecue -- Step 6: We start talking (and never shut up) -- Step 7: We become storytellers -- Conclusion: We dominate -- Author's notes. A note on race ; More on evolution ; More about dating fossils, artifacts, and climate shifts.
- Call Number
- JFF 23-61
- ISBN
- 9781623542504
- 1623542502
- LCCN
- 2020052041
- OCLC
- 1224041957
- Author
- Turner, Pamela S., author.
- Title
- How to build a human : in seven evolutionary steps / Pamela S. Turner ; art by John Gurche.
- Publisher
- Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2022]
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [153]-162) and index.
- Audience
- Ages 10+ Charlesbridge.990L Lexile
- Awards
- A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard selection
- Added Author
- Gurche, John, illustrator.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Turner, Pamela S., How to build a human Watertown : Charlesbridge, 2022. 9781632897732 (DLC) 2020052042
- Research Call Number
- JFF 23-61