by Roger Lewin · W H Freeman & Co · tapa dura · ISBN 9780716750390
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«The Origin of Modern Humans» is Roger Lewin's popular science essay, published by W H Freeman & Co in hardback (208 pages, in English).
The book addresses the controversy over the origin of Homo sapiens: when and where modern humans appeared and their relationship with Neanderthals. Lewin presents discoveries, rival theories and the Piltdown Man hoax, and shows how paleoanthropology integrates genetics, molecular biology and linguistics.
Volume 47 of the Scientific American Library collection, published in 1993; includes bibliography and index.
Aimed at readers interested in human evolution, paleontology and science communication.
Roger Lewin is a British prize-winning science writer and author of 20 books.
