{"product_id":"the-last-human-a-guide-to-twentytwo-species-of-extinct-humans","title":"The Last Human: A Guide to Twenty-Two Species of Extinct Humans","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first opportunity to meet our extinct human ancestors face-to-face  through life-size reconstructions and detailed descriptions  \"This unusual book draws on three-dimensional recreations to bring to life 22 of our long-vanished ancestors. . . . Convey(s) both scientific information and the sense that these were once thinking  feeling creatures.\"Scientific American  \"Although the art is spectacularreason enough to spend a lot of time with this bookits triumph is science.\"Nan Crystal Arens  American Paleontologist  This book tells the story of human evolution  the epic of Homo sapiens and its colorful precursors and relatives. The story begins in Africa  six to seven million years ago  and encompasses twenty known human species  of which Homo sapiens is the sole survivor. Illustrated with spectacular  three-dimensional scientific reconstructions portrayed in their natural habitat developed by a team of physical anthropologists at the American Museum of Natural History and in concert with experts from around the world  the book is both a guide to extinct human species and an astonishing hominid family photo album. The Last Human presents a comprehensive account of each species with information on its emergence  chronology  geographic range  classification  physiology  lifestyle  habitat  environment  cultural achievements  co-existing species  and possible reasons for extinction. Also included are summaries of fossil discoveries  controversies  and publications. What emerges from the fossil story is a new understanding of Homo sapiens. No longer credible is the notion that our species is the end product of a single lineage  improved over generations by natural selection. Rather  the fossil record shows  we are a species with widely varied precursors  and our family tree is characterized by many branchings and repeated extinctions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44946182078517,"sku":"ByrdShop_0300100477","price":28.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780300100471.jpg?v=1769927752","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-last-human-a-guide-to-twentytwo-species-of-extinct-humans","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}