books by Ian Tattersall

books by Ian Tattersall

books:

Ian Tattersall

The Fossil Trail: How We Know What We Think We Know About Human Evolution

Ian Tattersall

Oxford University Press, USA, 2008

Tattersall provides access to a complex field
Ian Tattersall does wonders for paleontology and anthropology. Here he literally explains "how we know what we think we know about human evolution." Tattersall illuminates just how fasions and concepts are constantly shifting as new fossils are found. His ...

Bones, Brains and DNA: The Human Genome and Human Evolution

Ian Tattersall

Bunker Hill Publishing, 2007

Bringing the rating up
This was a very good book for my seven year old who is interested in DNA and evolution. It obviously isn't written for a sixteen year old or an adult but that doesn't mean it deserves a negative rating. It is perfectly suited for the audience it is written for and ...

The Last Human: A Guide to Twenty-Two Species of Extinct Humans

G. J. Sawyer, Viktor Deak, ...

Yale University Press, 2007

Interpreting facial details in reconstructions
This is a marvelous book and I will not give it fewer than 5 stars, despite my small criticism of it, which is that many of the reconstructions seem to closely resemble chimpanzees or gorillas until we get to the genus Homo when, voila!, they start to resemble people. ...

Darwin's Universe: Evolution from A to Z
Richard Milner

University of California Press, 2009

This alphabetically arranged reference, an immensely entertaining browser's delight, offers a dazzling overview of the life and thought of Charles Darwin and his incredibly wide sphere of influence. Authoritative and abundantly illustrated, it illuminates the ways in which ideas of evolutionary biology have leapt the boundaries of science to ...

The Monkey in the Mirror: Essays on the Science of What Makes Us Human

Ian Tattersall

Harvest Books, 2003

Evolution? Read Just This One.
This book is a great summary of the past century's debates on Evolution. It is well and clearly presented by a master of the science. There is a small hidden agenda regarding the author's theory of "exaptation" (which BTW should probably be called "abaptation" as the ...

The Human Odyssey: Four Million Years of Human Evolution

Ian Tattersall

iUniverse.com, 2001

Human evolution for the common man
Ian Tattersall does a marvelous job of setting forth four million years of human evolution. He covers the disagreements among paleontologists and their colleagues, offers up competing theories and, on the whole, does a wonderful job of explaining what we think we know ...

Human Origins: What Bones and Genomes Tell Us about Ourselves

Rob Desalle, Ian Tattersall

Texas A&M University Press, 2008

Who We Are and How We Got That Way
Paleoanthropology has always been multidisciplinary. The addition of the study of the human genome has simply added incrementally to the disciplines required to fully understand human origins. Genomics is a discipline which could easily have glazed the eyes of the ...

Extinct Humans

Ian Tattersall, Jeffrey Schwartz

Basic Books, 2001

It wasn't just us.
Tattersall and co-author Jeffrey Schwartz argue that more of the fossil record should recognize more hominid genera as human. The argument is presented as a survey of extinct humans. Tattersall has a talent for approaching the complex subject of human evolution ...

Becoming Human: Evolution and Human Uniqueness

Ian Tattersall

Harvest Books, 1999

Well written but general
This was a well written book, but at the same time I feel it didn't go deep enough or far enough into detail. It has good points and ideas all the way through and I would recommend this as a good read to anyone but particularly the casual reader or new comer to the ...

The World from Beginnings to 4000 BCE (New Oxford World History)

Ian Tattersall

Oxford University Press, USA, 2008

Just Enough Information
I picked up this book because I couldn't resist a book entitled THE WORLD FROM BEGINNINGS...that was only 124 pages long! And it did indeed fulfill its promise. Starting with a very lucid discussion of evolution, continuing through a concise overview of various ...

L'émergence de l'homme
Ian Tattersall, Marcel Blanc

Gallimard, 2003

Lemurs of Madagascar (Conservation International - Tropical Field Guide Series)
Russell A. Mittermeier, Ian Tattersall, ...

Conservation International, 1995

Lemurs are primates found exclusively on Madagascar, but their appearance and the extraordinary diversity of species have captured the interest of primate watchers everywhere. This guide profiles all 50 known species and subspecies of lemurs, from their origins and discovery to recent studies and on-going conservation efforts. Included are full ...

The Last Neanderthal: The Rise, Success, and Mysterious Extinction of Our Closest Human Relatives

Ian Tattersall

MacMillan Publishing Company, 1996

Superb Illustrations, Clear Concepts, Outstanding Text
I'm not a reader who usually pays too much attention to photos and illustrations, but I could recommend "The Last Neanderthal" on that basis alone. There are nearly 150 of them in this 200-page book, some covering an entire page in my oversized edition. Almost all of ...

Handbook of Paleoanthropology: Vol I:Principles, Methods and Approaches Vol II:Primate Evolution and Human ...

Springer, 2007

Paleoanthropology is perhaps the most multidisciplinary of all the sciences. Any complete account of the evolution and cultural and biological context of Homo sapiens must combine information from geology, paleoecology, primatology, evolutionary biology and a host of other fields. Above all, historical information needs to be combined with, and ...

The Human Fossil Record, Craniodental Morphology of Genus i Homo/i (Africa and Asia) (Volume 2)

Jeffrey H. Schwartz, Ian Tattersall

Wiley-Liss, 2003

Excellent Resource
I was attracted to the clear photographs and the concise information in this book. This is an excellent reference with a collection of the major finds in Europe. As a student I would read about a find in an article. With this book I was able to quickly look the ...