by Isaac Asimov · Lectorum Pubns · tapa dura · ISBN 9788427254633
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«Cómo Descubrimos los Orígenes del Hombre» is Isaac Asimov's popular science book published by Lectorum Pubns in hardback (52 pages).
The book explains how scientists reconstructed human origins from the fossil record. It covers the Stone Age, Neanderthal man, Java man and Peking man, and the small fossil apes, and presents the hypothesis that human origins go back about twenty million years.
Fifteenth volume in the «How Did We Find Out» series. The original title, published in 1979, is «How We Found Out About Our Human Roots»; this Spanish edition dates from 1984.
Aimed at young readers in grades 4 to 6 and at those interested in a first approach to paleontology.
Isaac Asimov was an American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. During his lifetime, Asimov was considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers, along with Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke. He wrote or edited more than 500 books and an estimated 90,000 letters and postcards. Best known for his hard science fiction, Asimov also wrote mysteries and fantasy, as well as popular science and other non-fiction. His work spans nine out of the ten categories of the Dewey decimal system.
