SuitabookEvidence and changing accounts of human origins
The book explains ways to date fossils, how bones are judged to be ape or hominid, and how discoveries raise questions about human origins.
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Robert Gardner - Author
This is a detailed introduction to how ideas about human origins are built from fossils, dating techniques and other evidence, rather than a simple account of a single settled lineage.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is a detailed introduction to how ideas about human origins are built from fossils, dating techniques and other evidence, rather than a simple account of a single settled lineage.
The book explains ways to date fossils, how bones are judged to be ape or hominid, and how discoveries raise questions about human origins.
Early chapters describe Darwin’s and Lamarck’s theories of evolution alongside material on genetic structures, functions and mutations.
The book ranges across dating methods, genetics, fossil classification and named fossil discoveries; its detail may feel demanding to a reader looking for a brief overview.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: the current material supports only a cautious reading; another book-specific source is still needed.
Anything not established here remains open; it is not being treated as absent or safe.