African Exodus: The Origins of Modern Humanity

Stringer, Christopher & Robin Mckie

ISBN 10: 0805027599 / ISBN 13: 9780805027594

Published by Henry Holt, New York, 1997

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8vo, 282 pp.

Seller Inventory # 063277

Bibliographic Details

• Title: African Exodus: The Origins of Modern Humanity
• Publisher: Henry Holt, New York
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0805027599
• ISBN 13: 9780805027594
• Binding: hardcover
• Illustrator: Well-illustrated
• Edition: 1st.
• Condition: Fine copy in fine dust jacket
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Archaeology

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Synopsis

A controversial theory contends that all modern humans share a single racial stock and that modern humankind emerged out of Africa less than one hundred thousand years ago and replaced all other human populations that had walked the earth. 12,500 first printing.

About the Author

Chris Stringer is the head of the Human Origins Group at the Natural History Museum in London. In 1994 he provided the key interpretations of fossil remains of the largest early human ever found in Britain. Robin McKie is the Science Editor of The Observer.