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016321
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New York, Promethus Books, 2011.
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69pBlack spine
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Provides facts and conveys the excitement of the scientific explanation of our world, from the origin of the universe in the big bang to the present reality of our planet, teeming with life but threatened by overpopulation and pollution.
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9781616144722 Pb.
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017119
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Vermont, Williamson Publishing Company, 1999.
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96pOrange nad White spine
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Kaleidoscope Kids Books
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Explores the facts and questions of human evolution through hands-on activities, crafts, and experiences.
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1885593368 Pb.
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| 016534 | 599.938/MCC | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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017130
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New York, Bantam Doubleday Dell Books, 1995.
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200pYellow Spine
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In two parallel stories, an intelligent female member of a prehistoric tribe becomes instrumental in advancing the lot of her people, and the daughter of a paleontologist is visiting him on a dig in Africa when important fossil remains are discovered.
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0440219280 Pb.
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| 016545 | FIC/DIC | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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008085
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Great Britain, Thames & Hudson, 2005.
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240pBlue and Black Spine
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The earliest apes evolved around 20 million years ago, yet Homo Sapiens has existed for a mere 160,000 years. Superbly illustrated with hundreds of photos, diagrams, and specially commissioned reconstruction drawings by John Sibbick, this ambitious volume outlines man's role in the history of the planet.
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Introduction
Timeline
In search of our ancestors
The fossil evidence
Interpreting the evidence
Further reading
Illustration credits
Acknowledgements
Index
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0500051321 Hb.
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| Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
| 008461 | 599.938/STR | Main | On Shelf | General | Reference |
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000855
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New York, BBC World Wide, 2000.
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216pBlack Spine
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This story has been pieced together from a myriad of fossil finds, prehistoric cave paintings, discarded stone tools, and traces of ancient genetic material. In this account, Robin McKie, Science Editor of The Observer, unravels the saga of how these discoveries form a picture of our ancestors' lives. It is a scientific detective story full of paleontologist-detectives whose intellect and foibles add to the adventure. The story arrives at a revelation of how our world became dominated by a single primate species: Homo sapiens.
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0789462621 Hb.
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| 002577 | 599.938/McK | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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011126
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London, Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2009.
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96pWhite and Red Spine
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Provides an amazing look at the story of evolutionary science and the way one man's revolutionary theroies changed the world.
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9781405337199 Hb.
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| 011284 | 576.8/WIN | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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010261
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New York, Abrams books for young readers, 2008.
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136pRed and Blue Spine
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Provides an overview of the vast history of life on Earth, revealing how, over time, new life-forms evolve from earlier ones.
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Welcome to a world of water - The Cambrian and Ordovician periods, 543-443 million years ago
Explore a world of fins, limbs, and land plants - The Silurian and Devonian periods, 443-354 million years ago
Step into a warm world of swampy forests and spectacular sharks - The Carboniderous period, 354-290 million years ago
Sail backs and supercontinents - The Permian period, 290-248 million years ago
Reptiles rule - The Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, 248-65 million years ago
Mammals inherit the earth - The Tertiary period, 65-1.8 million years ago
The human story begins
An age of ice - The Quaternary period, 1.8- million-10,000 years ago
Back home on our evolving planet
Pronunciation key
Glossary
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9780810994867 Hb.
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| Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
| 010683 | 551/KEL | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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003217
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London, Thames & Hudson, 1999.
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159pBlack spine
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New Horizons
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The whole puzzle of our life on earth is pieced together from fragments of bone, skulls and primitive tools dispersed throughout the world.
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Antediluvian People
Humans : Naked apes or little gods
Our ancestor's ancestors
From the taung child to Lucy
The long march of 'homo erectus'
From neanderthal to lascaux
Documents
Glossary
Chronology
Furthur reading
List of illustrations
Index
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0500300569 Pb.
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| 004506 | 930.1/THO | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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017794
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New York, W.W. Norton & Company, 2009.
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xviii, 661pWhite Spine
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In this book, Steven Pinker explains what the mind is, how it evolved, and how it allows us to see, think, feel, laugh, interact, enjoy the arts, and ponder the mysteries of life. How the Mind Works explains many of the imponderables of everyday life. The arguments in the book are as bold as its title. Pinker rehabilitates unfashionable ideas, such as that the mind is a computer and that human nature was shaped by natural selection. And he challenges fashionable ones, such as that passionate emotions are irrational, that parents socialize their children, that creativity springs from the unconscious, that nature is good and modern society corrupting, and that art and religion are expressions of our higher spiritual yearnings.
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Standard equipment
Thinking machines
Revenge of the nerds
The mind's eye
Good ideas
Hotheads
Family values
The meaning of life
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9780393334777 Pb.
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| I01246 | 153/PIN | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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026161
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London, Red Shed, 2020.
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45pGrey Spine
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An epic voyage of evolution and migration from the first humans around two and a half million years ago to horse riders galloping into the dawn of the Bronze Age.
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9781405291453 Pb.
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| 023917 | 304.2/ROB | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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024342
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London, Allen Lane, 2018.
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x, 257pGrey spine
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This is the epic story of the universe and our place in it, from 13.8 billion years ago to the remote future. How did we get from the Big Bang to today's staggering complexity, in which seven billion humans are connected into networks powerful enough to transform the planet? And why, in comparison, are our closest primate relatives reduced to near-extinction? Big History creator David Christian gives the answers in a mind-expanding cosmological detective story told on the grandest possible scale. He traces how, during eight key thresholds, the right conditions have allowed new forms of complexity to arise, from stars to galaxies, Earth to homo sapiens, agriculture to fossil fuels. This last mega-innovation gave us an energy bonanza that brought huge benefits to mankind, yet also threatens to shake apart everything we have created. This global origin story is one that we could only begin to tell recently, thanks to the underlying unity of modern knowledge. Panoramic in scope and thrillingly told, Origin Story reveals what we learn about human existence when we consider it from a universal scale. Most historians study the smallest slivers of time, emphasizing specific dates, individuals, and documents. But what would it look like to study the whole of history, from the big bang through the present day -- and even into the remote future? How would looking at the full span of time change the way we perceive the universe, the earth, and our very existence? These were the questions David Christian set out to answer when he created the field of "Big History," the most exciting new approach to understanding where we have been, where we are, and where we are going. In "Origin Story", Christian takes readers on a wild ride through the entire 13.8 billion years we've come to know as "history." By focusing on defining events (thresholds), major trends, and profound questions about our origins, Christian exposes the hidden threads that tie everything together -- from the creation of the planet to the advent of agriculture, nuclear war, and beyond. With stunning insights into the origin of the universe, the beginning of life, the emergence of humans, and what the future might bring, "Origin Story" boldly reframes our place in the cosmos.
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Machine generated contents note: pt. I COSMOS
ch. 1 In the Beginning: Threshold 1
ch. 2 Stars and Galaxies: Thresholds 2 and 3
ch. 3 Molecules and Moons: Threshold 4
pt. II BIOSPHERE
ch. 4 Life: Threshold 5
ch. 5 Little Life and the Biosphere
ch. 6 Big Life and the Biosphere
pt. III US
ch. 7 Humans: Threshold 6
ch. 8 Farming: Threshold 7
ch. 9 Agrarian Civilizations
ch. 10 On the Verge of Today's World
ch. 11 The Anthropocene: Threshold 8
pt. IV THE FUTURE
ch. 12 Where Is It All Going?.
Part I: Cosmos. In the beginning: Threshold 1 ; Stars and galaxies: Thresholds 2 and 3 ; Molecules and moons: Threshold 4
Part II: Biosphere. Life: Threshold 5 ; Little life and the biosphere ; Big life and the biosphere
Part III: Us. Humans: Threshold 6 ; Farming: Threshold 7 ; Agrarian civilization ; On the verge of today's world ; The Anthropocene: Threshold 8
Part IV: The future. Where is it all going?
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9780241338377 Pb.
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018105
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London, Hamlyn, 1972.
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74pWhite spine
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Tells the fascinating story of the evolution of man from the primates to the beginning of modern man.
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0600334619 Hb.
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017108
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London, McRae Publishing, 2011.
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48pGrey Spine
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History of the world
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Discover the origins of history, from the creation of the Universe to the beginnings of life, and from human evolution to the invention of writing.
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| 016521 | 930.1/MOR | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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ID:
019462
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Bengaluru, Pratham Books, 2013.
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10pAccordian book
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This is a vital resource in the teaching of history and evolution, and especially for the understanding of timelines. It includes more than a thousand illustrations depicting millions of years of evolution, the rise and fall of civilizations, one hundred of the top battles and, on the reverse, the story of our planet, life and people from the Big Bang to the present day.
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9788184793536 Pb.
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| 018408 | 900/LLO | Main | On Shelf | General | Hindi |
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003538
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London, Scholastic, 1999.
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128pBrown spine
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Horrible Histories
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The Savage Stone Age clubs you over the head and drags you back to the days when people lived in caves, hunted wild animals and had never heard of table manners. Find out the truth about Stonehenge, and what suffering scientists do with Stone Age poo. History has never been so horrible!
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0590658891 Pb.
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ID:
002717
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New York, Barron's Educational Series, 1998.
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64pBlue spine
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Read a fascinating story of a cro-magnon child, and discover some interesting facts about the human origins.
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0764150928 Hb.
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022602
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Washington, D.C., National Geographic, 2016.
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302pBlack Spine
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Along with celebrity guests and comic co-hosts, Neil explores captivating topics such as space travel, extra-terrestrial life, the Big Bang, the future of our Earth and the environment, and breaking news from the universe.
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9781426217272 Hb.
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ID:
007683
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London, Franklin Watts, 2004.
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32pBlue spine
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Wonderwise
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Travel back in time for an amazing stone age adventure! Learn to shape flints, carve bones and tickle trout, join in a mammoth hunt and wild dances an the flickering torchlight. Discover for yourself just how clever our stone age ancestors were!
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9780749658649 Pb.
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025881
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London, Frances Lincoln Children's Book, 2019.
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48pBlue Spine
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Story of
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Looks at how humans evolved and the history of humanity up to the present day.
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9781786032652 Hb.
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024214
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London, Rock the boat, 2015.
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xiii, 370pBlue Spine
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Presents a mind-boggling survey of how, in a remarkably short period of time, human beings have developed some unique skills and behaviours.
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What makes us human?
Just another big mammal -
A tale of three chimps
The great leap forward
A strange life cycle -
Human sexuality
The origin of human races
Why do we grow old and die?
Uniquely human -
The mystery of language
Animal origins of art
Agriculture, for better and worse -
Why do we smoke, drink, and use dangerous drugs?
Alone in a crowded universe
World conquerors -
The last first contacts
Accidental conquerors
In black and white
Reversing our progress overnight -
The golden age that never was
Blitzkrieg and thanksgiving in the new world
The second cloud
Afterword
Nothing learned, everything forgotten?
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9781780747484 Pb.
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