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First steps : how upright walking made us human
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First edition.
Blending history, science, and culture, a stunning and highly engaging exploration by an eminent paleoantrhopologist of how walking on two legs allowed humans to become the planet's dominant species. Humans are the only mammals to walk on two rather than four legs -- a locomotion known as bipedalism. We strive to be upstanding citizens, to honor those who stand tall and proud, to take a stand against injusticies. We follow in one another's footsteps and celebrate a child beginning to walk. But why and how, exactly, did we take our first steps? And at what cost? Bipedalism has its drawbacks: giving birth is more difficult and dangerous, our running speed is much slower than that of other animals, and we suffer a variety of ailments, from hernias to scoliosis. In First Steps, paleoanthropologist Jeremy DeSilva explores how unusual and extraordinary this seemingly everyday ability is. A seven-million-year journey to the very origins of the human lineage, First Steps describes upright walking as a gateway to many of the other attributes that make us human--from our technological abilities and thirst for exploration to our use of language--and how it may have laid the foundation for our species' traits of compassion, empathy, and altruism. Moving from developmental psychology labs to ancient fossil sites throughout Africa and Eurasia, DeSilva brings to life our adventure walking on two legs. Devling deeply into the story of our past and the new discoveries rewriting our understanding of human evolution, First Steps examines how walking upright helped us rise above all other species on this planet. --
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- 11 of 11 copies available at Westchester Library System.
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| Bronxville Public Library | 599.93 D (Text) Nonfiction |
31004151764797 |
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| Chappaqua Library | 599 DESILVA (Text) Nonfiction |
31005600100459 |
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| Greenburgh Public Library | 599.93 D (Text) Nonfiction |
31009154748028 |
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| Harrison Public Library | 599.938 D (Text) Nonfiction |
31010300290659 |
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| John C. Hart Memorial Library | 599.93 D (Text) Nonfiction |
31030155025380 |
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| Mount Kisco Public Library | 599.93 DESILVA (Text) Nonfiction |
31017151945752 |
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| Mount Pleasant Public Library | 599 D (Text) Nonfiction |
31024153245603 |
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| Mount Vernon Public Library | 599 D (Text) Nonfiction |
31018155609014 |
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| New Rochelle Public Library | 599.938 D (Text) Nonfiction |
31019156721113 |
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| Scarsdale Public Library | 599.93 D (Text) Nonfiction |
31029154383782 |
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