£50.00

University of California Press Fossil Chronicles: How Two Controversial Discoveries Changed Our View of Human Evolution

Price data last checked 100 day(s) ago - refreshing...

View at Amazon

We'll watch every seller, every day. One email when your price arrives.

It has never been this cheap. We have no record of a lower price.

£50 today · cheaper than every other day in the last 6 months

NEW HERE?

Amazon shows you one price. We show you all of them.

Tosheroon watches Amazon prices so you don't have to. Every product on Amazon has a price history — we make it visible. Set the price you'd actually pay, and we'll email you the second it gets there. No app, no account, one email.

WHAT'S ON THIS PAGE

↓ Price chart
when this has been cheap or pricey
↓ Forecast
where the price is heading next
↓ Statistics
all-time high & low, recent range
↑ Price alert
name your number, we'll email you

Price History & Forecast

Grey patches = out of stock. Cheaper = lower on the chart. Hover for exact prices.

Last 72 days • 72 data points (No recent data available)

Historical
Generating forecast...
£50.00 £47.50 £48.50 £49.50 £50.50 £51.50 £52.50 04 December 2025 21 December 2025 08 January 2026 26 January 2026 13 February 2026

Price Distribution

Price distribution over 72 days • 1 price levels

Days at Price
72 days 0 18 36 54 72 £50 Days at Price

Price Analysis

Most common price: £50 (72 days, 100.0%)

Price range: £50 - £50

Price levels: 1 different prices over 72 days

Description

Two discoveries of early human relatives, one in 1924 and one in 2003, radically changed scientific thinking about our origins. Dean Falk, a pioneer in the field of human brain evolution, offers this fast-paced insider's account of these discoveries, the behind-the-scenes politics embroiling the scientists who found and analyzed them, and the academic and religious controversies they generated. The first is the Taung child, a two-million-year-old skull from South Africa that led anatomist Raymond Dart to argue that this creature had walked upright and that Africa held the key to the fossil ancestry of our species. The second find consisted of the partial skeleton of a three-and-a-half-foot-tall woman, nicknamed Hobbit, from Flores Island, Indonesia. She is thought by scientists to belong to a new, recently extinct species of human, but her story is still unfolding. Falk, who has studied the brain casts of both Taung and Hobbit, reveals new evidence crucial to interpreting both discoveries and proposes surprising connections between this pair of extraordinary specimens.

Product Specifications

Format
hardcover
Domain
Amazon UK
Release Date
03 October 2011
Listed Since
07 April 2011

Barcode

No barcode data available

Similar Products You Might Like

A New Human: The Startling Discovery and Strange Story of the "Hobbits" of Flores, Indonesia, Updated Paperback Edition
96% match

A New Human: The Startling Discovery and Strange Story of the "Hobbits" of Flores, Indonesia, Updated Paperback Edition

Routledge

£175.64 02 Mar 2026
Biological Anthropology and Prehistory: Exploring Our Human Ancestry
95% match

Biological Anthropology and Prehistory: Exploring Our Human Ancestry

Routledge

£175.47 10 Mar 2026
The Origins of Modern Humans: Biology Reconsidered
95% match

The Origins of Modern Humans: Biology Reconsidered

Wiley-Blackwell

£110.31 28 Feb 2026
The Human Lineage (Foundation of Human Biology)
95% match

The Human Lineage (Foundation of Human Biology)

Wiley-Blackwell

£94.58 18 Mar 2026
Human Origins 101 (Science 101)
95% match

Human Origins 101 (Science 101)

Bloomsbury Academic

£25.52 05 Mar 2026
Human Evolution (Science, Evolution and Creationism)
95% match

Human Evolution (Science, Evolution and Creationism)

£152.98 10 Mar 2026
Human Evolution: An Illustrated Introduction
95% match

Human Evolution: An Illustrated Introduction

Wiley

£50.39 12 Jan 2026
The Hobbit Trap by Routledge - Anthropology and Science Book
95% match

The Hobbit Trap by Routledge - Anthropology and Science Book

Routledge

£127.62 21 Feb 2026
Modern Humans: Their African Origin and Global Dispersal
95% match

Modern Humans: Their African Origin and Global Dispersal

Columbia University Press

£70.79 08 Jan 2026
Humans: Perspectives on Our Evolution from World Experts
95% match

Humans: Perspectives on Our Evolution from World Experts

Columbia University Press

£100.28 10 Mar 2026
Paleontology and Geology of Laetoli: Human Evolution in Context: Volume 2: Fossil Hominins and the Associated Fauna (Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology)
95% match

Paleontology and Geology of Laetoli: Human Evolution in Context: Volume 2: Fossil Hominins and the Associated Fauna (Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology)

Springer

£76.33 19 Apr 2026
Human Evolution: Bones, Cultures, and Genes (Springer Texts in Social Sciences)
95% match

Human Evolution: Bones, Cultures, and Genes (Springer Texts in Social Sciences)

£91.63 08 Jan 2026
Paleontology and Geology of Laetoli: Human Evolution in Context: Volume 1: Geology, Geochronology, Paleoecology and Paleoenvironment (Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology)
95% match

Paleontology and Geology of Laetoli: Human Evolution in Context: Volume 1: Geology, Geochronology, Paleoecology and Paleoenvironment (Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology)

Springer

£77.05 20 Apr 2026
Human Prehistory: Exploring the Past to Understand the Future
95% match

Human Prehistory: Exploring the Past to Understand the Future

Cambridge University Press

£75.16 16 Feb 2026
Human Paleontology and Prehistory: Contributions in Honor of Yoel Rak (Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology)
95% match

Human Paleontology and Prehistory: Contributions in Honor of Yoel Rak (Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology)

Springer

£85.03 12 Mar 2026
Human Paleontology and Prehistory: Contributions in Honor of Yoel Rak (Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology)
95% match

Human Paleontology and Prehistory: Contributions in Honor of Yoel Rak (Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology)

Springer

£63.99 11 Mar 2026
Paleoanthropology of the Balkans and Anatolia: Human Evolution and its Context (Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology)
95% match

Paleoanthropology of the Balkans and Anatolia: Human Evolution and its Context (Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology)

Springer

£63.89 09 Jan 2026
The Evolution of Modern Humans in Africa: A Comprehensive Guide (African Archaeology Series)
95% match

The Evolution of Modern Humans in Africa: A Comprehensive Guide (African Archaeology Series)

Altamira Press

£113.16 04 Apr 2026
The Human Past: (Fifth Edition)
95% match

The Human Past: (Fifth Edition)

Thames & Hudson

£42.59 07 Feb 2026
The Evolution of Modern Humans in Africa: A Comprehensive Guide (African Archaeology Series)
95% match

The Evolution of Modern Humans in Africa: A Comprehensive Guide (African Archaeology Series)

Altamira Press

£67.16 08 Mar 2026
African Paleoecology and Human Evolution (Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropolog)
95% match

African Paleoecology and Human Evolution (Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropolog)

£83.69 06 Jan 2026
Functional Inference in Paleoanthropology: Theory and Practice
95% match

Functional Inference in Paleoanthropology: Theory and Practice

Johns Hopkins University Press

£58.67 10 Mar 2026
The First Humans: Origin and Early Evolution of the Genus Homo (Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology)
95% match

The First Humans: Origin and Early Evolution of the Genus Homo (Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology)

Springer

£100.55 13 Jan 2026
Elaine Morgan ~ 100 Years Towards Origins
95% match

Elaine Morgan ~ 100 Years Towards Origins

Majosta

£60.00 22 Feb 2026