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Humans: From the Beginning

From the Beginning, #1

by Christopher Seddon ...

Series Book 1 - From the Beginning
From the first apes to the first cities, HUMANS: FROM THE BEGINNING is the definitive guide to our distant pastIn just a few years, our understanding of the human past has changed beyond recognition as new discoveries and advances in genetic techniques overturn long-held beliefs and make international news.Drawing on expert literature and cutting-edge research, HUMANS: FROM THE BEGINNING is a ... Read more

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From the first apes to the first cities, HUMANS: FROM THE BEGINNING is the definitive guide to our distant pastIn just a few years, our understanding of the human past has changed beyond recognition as new discoveries and advances in genetic techniques overturn long-held beliefs and make international news.Drawing on expert literature and cutting-edge research, HUMANS: FROM THE BEGINNING is a
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Humans: From the Beginning: The Complete Two-Volume Edition

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From the first apes to the first cities, HUMANS: FROM THE BEGINNING is the definitive guide to our distant pastIn just a few years, our understanding of the human past has changed beyond recognition as new discoveries and advances in genetic techniques overturn long-held beliefs and make international news.Drawing on expert literature and cutting-edge research, HUMANS: FROM THE BEGINNING is a ... Read more

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From the first apes to the first cities, HUMANS: FROM THE BEGINNING is the definitive guide to our distant pastIn just a few years, our understanding of the human past has changed beyond recognition as new discoveries and advances in genetic techniques overturn long-held beliefs and make international news.Drawing on expert literature and cutting-edge research, HUMANS: FROM THE BEGINNING is a
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Mercury: Elusive Messenger of the Gods

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A concise 12,000-word eBook short read about Mercury, which has now regained its place as the Solar System's smallest planet. It is a world of extremes: surface temperatures range from 427 °C, hot enough to melt lead, to a chilly -183°C. Although smaller than some of Jupiter's and Saturn's moons, it is denser than any planet apart from Earth. It is so close to the Sun that the peculiarities of its ... Read more

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A concise 12,000-word eBook short read about Mercury, which has now regained its place as the Solar System's smallest planet. It is a world of extremes: surface temperatures range from 427 °C, hot enough to melt lead, to a chilly -183°C. Although smaller than some of Jupiter's and Saturn's moons, it is denser than any planet apart from Earth. It is so close to the Sun that the peculiarities of its
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In Search of the First Hominins

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Ever since Darwin established our close relationship with living apes, anthropologists have sought fossil evidence for the so-called 'missing link', a transitional form between apes and humans. In modern terms, it is known as the Last Common Ancestor between us and our closest living relatives, the chimpanzees. The Last Common Ancestor is now believed to have lived 6.6 million years ago, and the ... Read more

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Ever since Darwin established our close relationship with living apes, anthropologists have sought fossil evidence for the so-called 'missing link', a transitional form between apes and humans. In modern terms, it is known as the Last Common Ancestor between us and our closest living relatives, the chimpanzees. The Last Common Ancestor is now believed to have lived 6.6 million years ago, and the
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The Ancient origins of Pottery

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One of the most powerful examples of human creativity and ingenuity is the ancient craft of pottery, with its delicate balance of form, function, and cultural expression. From the first clay figurines of the Upper Palaeolithic to the complex wheel-thrown vessels of later urban societies, the development of pottery was driven by these considerations.The early ceramics of Japan, southern China, and ... Read more

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One of the most powerful examples of human creativity and ingenuity is the ancient craft of pottery, with its delicate balance of form, function, and cultural expression. From the first clay figurines of the Upper Palaeolithic to the complex wheel-thrown vessels of later urban societies, the development of pottery was driven by these considerations.The early ceramics of Japan, southern China, and
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Prehistoric Investigations 2

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AN OMNIBUS EDITION OF THE 'IN SEARCH OF' SERIESThe 'In Search of' series of twelve 12,000-word short-read eBooks has been a highly successful follow-up to Christopher Seddon's full-sized works 'Humans: from the Beginning', 'Prehistoric Investigations', and 'Astronomy: from the Beginning'. Now, for the first time, all twelve short-read eBooks are available in a single volume eBook.FEATURING:THE ... Read more

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AN OMNIBUS EDITION OF THE 'IN SEARCH OF' SERIESThe 'In Search of' series of twelve 12,000-word short-read eBooks has been a highly successful follow-up to Christopher Seddon's full-sized works 'Humans: from the Beginning', 'Prehistoric Investigations', and 'Astronomy: from the Beginning'. Now, for the first time, all twelve short-read eBooks are available in a single volume eBook.FEATURING:THE
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Astronomy from the Beginning

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The story of how we learned about the Universe, from the earliest prehistoric observations to the first telescopes.Early astronomy ranks among the greatest achievements of the human intellect – but how did astronomers of the pre-telescopic era make accurate observations of the Sun, Moon, and planets, and predict their movements? How can we uncover the ancient knowledge of societies that left few ... Read more

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The story of how we learned about the Universe, from the earliest prehistoric observations to the first telescopes.Early astronomy ranks among the greatest achievements of the human intellect – but how did astronomers of the pre-telescopic era make accurate observations of the Sun, Moon, and planets, and predict their movements? How can we uncover the ancient knowledge of societies that left few
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Venus: Queen of Heaven or Hell Planet?

A Short Guide to the Planets, #2

by Christopher Seddon ...

Series Book 2 - A Short Guide to the Planets
A concise history of Venus from the earliest pre-telescopic observations, to the often fraught efforts of 18th century astronomers to observe transits, to the robotic probes of the Space Age. This 12,000 word eBook short read describes how our views of Venus have changed over the last two centuries - from a tropical or possibly ocean world to a hellish place with surface temperatures higher than ... Read more

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A concise history of Venus from the earliest pre-telescopic observations, to the often fraught efforts of 18th century astronomers to observe transits, to the robotic probes of the Space Age. This 12,000 word eBook short read describes how our views of Venus have changed over the last two centuries - from a tropical or possibly ocean world to a hellish place with surface temperatures higher than
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In Search of Dragon Man

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This 12,000 word eBook short read tells the story of the Harbin cranium - one of the most important human fossil to be reported this century. It has become even more important with the recent announcement that it has been genetically identified as a Denisovan. The Denisovans were enigmatic cousins of both Homo sapiens and Neanderthals, previously known only from genetically distinct bone fragments ... Read more

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This 12,000 word eBook short read tells the story of the Harbin cranium - one of the most important human fossil to be reported this century. It has become even more important with the recent announcement that it has been genetically identified as a Denisovan. The Denisovans were enigmatic cousins of both Homo sapiens and Neanderthals, previously known only from genetically distinct bone fragments
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In Search of Homo Erectus

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by Christopher Seddon ...

Series Book 2 - In Search of
Eugène Dubois believed that he had found the missing link, a view he would continue to hold until his death. His quest had taken him to the island of Java, then part of the Dutch East Indies. He had found the first example of an extinct human that had lived significantly before Homo sapiens – but for all his protestations, it was not the missing link.Dubois's them-novel approach of seeking human ... Read more

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Eugène Dubois believed that he had found the missing link, a view he would continue to hold until his death. His quest had taken him to the island of Java, then part of the Dutch East Indies. He had found the first example of an extinct human that had lived significantly before Homo sapiens – but for all his protestations, it was not the missing link.Dubois's them-novel approach of seeking human
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Humans: From the Beginning

From the Beginning, #2

by Christopher Seddon ...

Series Book 2 - From the Beginning
From the first apes to the first cities, HUMANS: FROM THE BEGINNING is the definitive guide to our distant pastIn just a few years, our understanding of the human past has changed beyond recognition as new discoveries and advances in genetic techniques overturn long-held beliefs and make international news.Drawing on expert literature and cutting-edge research, HUMANS: FROM THE BEGINNING is a ... Read more

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From the first apes to the first cities, HUMANS: FROM THE BEGINNING is the definitive guide to our distant pastIn just a few years, our understanding of the human past has changed beyond recognition as new discoveries and advances in genetic techniques overturn long-held beliefs and make international news.Drawing on expert literature and cutting-edge research, HUMANS: FROM THE BEGINNING is a
... Read more
Prehistoric Investigations

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*** First published in 2016, Prehistoric Investigations has been brought fully up to date in this new edition ***How do you infer the existence of a hitherto-unknown human species from a fragmentary finger bone? Why do we walk on two legs? Were Neanderthals really dimwitted? How did a small, solitary predator become the world's most popular pet? What was the ancient link between languages spoken ... Read more

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*** First published in 2016, Prehistoric Investigations has been brought fully up to date in this new edition ***How do you infer the existence of a hitherto-unknown human species from a fragmentary finger bone? Why do we walk on two legs? Were Neanderthals really dimwitted? How did a small, solitary predator become the world's most popular pet? What was the ancient link between languages spoken
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