{"product_id":"9781463244972","title":"The Last Human","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe first opportunity to meet our extinct human ancestors face-to-face, through life-size reconstructions and detailed descriptions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"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.\"—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScientific American\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Although the art is spectacular—reason enough to spend a lot of time with this book—its triumph is science.\"—Nan Crystal Arens,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAmerican Paleontologist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis book tells the story of human evolution, the epic of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eHomo sapiens\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand its colorful precursors and relatives. The story begins in Africa, six to seven million years ago, and encompasses twenty known human species, of which \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eHomo sapiens\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 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. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Last Human\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eHomo sapiens\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. 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\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Esteban Sawyer","offers":[{"title":"Hardback \/ Math, Science \u0026 Nature","offer_id":54715759689952,"sku":null,"price":23.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/files\/Screenshot2026-09-06at1.57.23PM.png?v=1788713849","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/9781463244972","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}