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The Ape in the Tree: An Intellectual and Natural History of Proconsul

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 | #997800 in Books |  Belknap Press |  2005-04-15 |  2005-05-15 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.46 x1.04 x5.86l,1.06 | File type: PDF | 312 pages

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||11 of 12 people found the following review helpful.| easy science|By j a haverstick|I ordered this book from , which is good because had I scanned the first few pages in a bookstore I might have put it back on the shelf. The reason being that it begins with a whole lot of personal history concerning both Shipman and earlier researchers of the 20th century. Readers will know that some "science" books are heavily oriented toward|From Scientific American|Proconsul, an ape of the Miocene epoch found in the fossil record of East Africa, "is the best candidate we know of for the last common ancestor of both modern apes and humans, the very trunk of that forking, branching tree that is so fa

This book offers a unique insider's perspective on the unfolding discovery of a crucial link in our evolution: Proconsul, a fossil ape named whimsically after a performing chimpanzee called Consul.

The Ape in the Tree is written in the voice of Alan Walker, whose involvement with Proconsul began when his graduate supervisor analyzed the tree-climbing adaptations in the arm and hand of this extinct creature. Today, Proconsul is th...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.The Ape in the Tree: An Intellectual and Natural History of Proconsul   |  Alan Walker, Pat Shipman.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.

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