Research Catalog

Title

Lost anatomies : the evolution of the human form / John Gurche ; foreword by Meave G. Leakey ; essays by David R. Begun, Trenton W. Holliday, Rick Potts, and Carol Ward.

Author

Gurche, John,

Publication

• New York : Abrams, 2019.
• ©2019

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Additional Authors

• Begun, David R.
• Holliday, Trenton W.
• Potts, Richard, 1953-
• Ward, Carol V.

Description

207 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color); 32 cm

Summary

Renowned paleoartist John Gurche brings the traditional techniques of figure drawing and anatomical art to the portrayal of our hominin ancestors. The result is a visual record of the evolving human form that feels alive in a way no scientific illustration could match. While science provides an underpinning to Gurche's art, his work's primary purpose is to forge an aesthetic connection to the hominins that preceded us on Earth, capturing their humanity. With essays by leading authorities, 'Lost Anatomies' carries the story of human evolution from apes and early hominins; to Australopithecus; to archaic Homo sapiens, including Homo erectus; to derived Homo sapiens, including Neanderthals and other species that are our most recent ancestors.

Subjects

• Paleoart
• Human evolution
• Paleoart > Pictorial works
• Human figure in art
• Apes in art
• Pictorial works
• Animals in art
• Fossil hominids in art
• Human evolution > Pictorial works
• Anatomy, Artistic
• Fossil hominids > Pictorial works

Genre/Form

Pictorial works.

Note

• Includes index.

Contents

Foreword / Meave G. Leakey -- Introduction / John Gurche -- Apes and earliest hominins / David R. Begun -- Australopiths / Carol Ward -- Archaic Homo / Rick Potts -- Derived Homo / Trenton W. Holliday.

ISBN

• 1419734482
• 9781419734489

LCCN

99982926185

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries