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The improbable primate : how water shaped human evolution

by Clive Finlayson

This ecological analysis examines how climate change and water availability influenced human evolution and migration over seven million years. It explores the transition from forests to savannahs and the physical adaptations that supported the global spread of Homo sapiens.

Accession 12138 ISBN 9780199658794 Publisher Oxford University Press
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