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The dawn of man / illustrated by Zdeněk Burian ; text by Josef Wolf ; edited and adapted by Peter Andrews, Robin Harvey, Colin Ridler, Christopher Stringer.

Title
The dawn of man / illustrated by Zdeněk Burian ; text by Josef Wolf ; edited and adapted by Peter Andrews, Robin Harvey, Colin Ridler, Christopher Stringer.
Author
Wolf, Josef, 1927-2012.
Publication
New York : Harry N. Abrams, 1978.

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Additional Authors
  • Andrews, Peter, 1940-
  • Burian, Zdeněk
Description
231 p. : col. ill.; 29 cm.
Summary
Discusses the evolution of man from his ape-like ancestors who roamed the earth 20 million years ago.
Uniform Title
Pradějiny člověka. English
Alternative Title
Pradějiny člověka.
Subject
  • Evolution
  • Human evolution > Pictorial works
  • Human evolution
  • Man, Prehistoric
  • Prehistoric peoples > Pictorial works
  • Prehistoric peoples
Note
  • Includes index.
  • Translation of Pradějiny člověka.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 226.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The successful ape -- The world before man -- Down from the family tree -- Man takes the stage -- Enter homo sapiens -- The world of the Cro-Magnons -- Peopling the earth -- Man comes of age -- Appx1: A bird's-eye view of prehistory -- Appx.2: Dating the finds.
ISBN
0810908107
LCCN
^^^77093512^/AC/r83
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library