The Missing LinkAn account of observations of primate behavior and recent archeological evidence concerning the period of man's evolution when he separated from his ape-like predecessor. |
Contents
The Daily Life of Australopithecus in a Hunters Eden | 21 |
Where the Fossils Arethe Famous Hominid Sites of East Africa | 67 |
The Experts Have Their Say | 143 |
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ancestor animals anthropologists apes Austra Australo Australopithe Australopithecine Australopithecus africanus baboon become begin behavior bipedal Boisei bones brain branches canines chimpanzee chimps choppers closely creature early hominids East Rudolf eating environment erect evidence evolution evolutionary evolved extinct family tree females forest fossils fragments gibbon Gombe gorilla gracile types ground Habilis hominid hominid fossils Homo erectus Homo habilis human hunters hunting hyenas inids Jane Goodall kill kind Lake Rudolf larger layers Leakey's legs lion living look lopithecine Lothagam Louis Leakey male man-ape man's Mary Leakey meat million years ago million years old modern molars monkeys Neanderthal Olduvai Gorge Omo River Paleoanthropology primates problem prosimians protein Ramapithecus Richard Leakey river Robustus rock Sarich savanna Schaller skull social carnivores society South Africa species stone tools teeth things traits tralopithecines troop walking Washburn wild dogs