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Java Man : how two geologists' dramatic discoveries changed our understanding of the evolutionary path to modern humans
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Java Man : how two geologists' dramatic discoveries changed our understanding of the evolutionary path to modern humans

by Carl C. Swisher, Garniss H. Curtis, Roger Lewin

This account explores evidence from Java suggesting human ancestors migrated from Africa nearly two million years ago. It proposes that Homo erectus coexisted with Homo sapiens, surviving until approximately 27,000 years ago.

Accession 19754 ISBN 0684800004 Publisher Scribner
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