Africa A Biography of the Continent

Name: Africa A Biography of the Continent
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ISBN: 9780679738695

ISBN-10: 067973869X

ISBN-13: 9780679738695

Edition: N/A

Authors: John Reader

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"Awe-inspiring . . . a masterly synthesis." --The New York Times Book Review "Deeply penetrating, intensely thought-provoking and thoroughly informed . . . one of the most important general surveys of Africa that has been produced in the last decade." --The Washington Post In 1978, paleontologists in East Africa discovered the earliest evidence of our divergence from the apes: three pre-human footprints, striding away from a volcano, were preserved in the petrified surface of a mudpan over three million years ago. Out of Africa, the world's most ancient and stable landmass, Homo sapiens dispersed across the globe. And yet the continent that gave birth to human history has long been…

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List price: $23.00
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 9/7/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 816
Size: 5.26" wide x 7.97" long x 1.75" tall
Weight: 1.628
Language: English