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2016039509 |
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DLC |
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20250921151253.0 |
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161215s2017 dcu b 001 0 eng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2016039509 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781426218118 (hardback) |
| 039 ## - LEVEL OF BIBLIOGRAPHIC CONTROL AND CODING DETAIL [OBSOLETE] |
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116953 |
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TLC |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
DLC |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
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rda |
| Transcribing agency |
DLC |
| Modifying agency |
TLC |
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rda |
| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE |
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pcc |
| 043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE |
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f-sa--- |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
GN284.5 |
| Item number |
.B47 2017 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
569.9 |
| Edition information |
23 |
| 084 ## - OTHER CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
SOC002020 |
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HIS051000 |
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SCI054000 |
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bisacsh |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Berger, Lee, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1965- |
| Relator term |
author. |
| Authority record control number or standard number |
(DLC)n 00093504 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Almost human : |
| Remainder of title |
the astonishing tale of homo naledi and the discovery that changed our human story / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Lee R. Berger and John Hawks. |
| 263 ## - PROJECTED PUBLICATION DATE |
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| Projected publication date |
1703 |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
Washington, D.C. : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
National Geographic, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice |
2017. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
[Place of publication not identified] : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
[Publisher not identified], |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice |
2017. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
239pages 22cm |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
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| Content type term |
text |
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txt |
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rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
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unmediated |
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n |
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rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE |
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volume |
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nc |
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rdacarrier |
| 380 ## - FORM OF WORK |
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Book |
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tlcgt |
| 385 ## - AUDIENCE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Audience term |
General |
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tlctarget |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
"This first-person narrative about an archaeological discovery is rewriting the story of human evolution. A story of defiance and determination by a controversial scientist, this is Lee Berger's own take on finding Homo naledi, an all-new species on the human family tree and one of the greatest discoveries of the 21st century. In 2013, Berger, a National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence, caught wind of a cache of bones in a hard-to-reach underground cave in South Africa. He put out a call around the world for petite collaborators--men and women small and adventurous enough to be able to squeeze through 8-inch tunnels to reach a sunless cave 40 feet underground. With this team of "underground astronauts," Berger made the discovery of a lifetime: hundreds of prehistoric bones, including entire skeletons of at least 15 individuals, all perhaps two million years old. Their features combined those of known prehominids like Lucy, the famous Australopithecus, with those more human than anything ever before seen in prehistoric remains. Berger's team had discovered an all new species, and they called it Homo naledi. The cave quickly proved to be the richest primitive hominid site ever discovered, full of implications that shake the very foundation of how we define what makes us human. Did this species come before, during, or after the emergence of Homo sapiens on our evolutionary tree? How did the cave come to contain nothing but the remains of these individuals? Did they bury their dead? If so, they must have had a level of self-knowledge, including an awareness of death. And yet those are the very characteristics used to define what makes us human. Did an equally advanced species inhabit Earth with us, or before us? Berger does not hesitate to address all these questions. Berger is a charming and controversial figure, and some colleagues question his interpretation of this and other finds. But in these pages, this charismatic and visionary paleontologist counters |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
their arguments and tells his personal story: a rich and readable narrative about science, exploration, and what it means to be human"-- |
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Provided by publisher. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
"A story of defiance and determination by a controversial scientist, this is Lee Berger's own take on finding Homo naledi, an all-new species on the human family tree and one of the greatest discoveries of the 21st century. In 2013, Lee Berger, a National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence, caught wind of a cache of bones in a hard-to-reach underground cave in South Africa. He put out a call around the world for petite collaborators--men and women small and adventurous enough to be able to squeeze through 8-inch tunnels to reach a sunless cave 40 feet underground. With this team of "underground astronauts," Berger made the discovery of a lifetime: hundreds of prehistoric bones, including entire skeletons of at least 15 individuals, all perhaps two million years old. Their features combined those of known prehominids like Lucy, the famous Australopithecus, with those more human than anything ever before seen in prehistoric remains. Berger's team had discovered an all new species, and they called it Homo naledi. The cave quickly proved to be the richest primitive hominid site ever discovered, full of implications that shake the very foundation of how we define what makes us human. Did this species come before, during, or after the emergence of Homo sapiens on our evolutionary tree? How did the cave come to contain nothing but the remains of these individuals? Did they bury their dead? If so, they must have had a level of self-knowledge, including an awareness of death. And yet those are the very characteristics used to define what makes us human. Did an equally advanced species inhabit Earth with us, or before us? Berger does not hesitate to address all these questions"-- |
| Assigning source |
Provided by publisher. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Homo naledi. |
| Authority record control number or standard number |
(DLC)sh2016002847 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Human beings |
| General subdivision |
Origin. |
| Authority record control number or standard number |
(DLC)sh 85080301 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Human beings |
| General subdivision |
Evolution. |
| Authority record control number or standard number |
(DLC)sh 85080292 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Human remains (Archaeology) |
| Geographic subdivision |
South Africa |
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Witwatersrand Region. |
| Authority record control number or standard number |
(DLC)sh 92003545 |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Physical. |
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bisacsh |
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(local)tlcaut2361709595200 |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries. |
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bisacsh |
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(local)tlcaut1022800461850200 |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
SCIENCE / Paleontology. |
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bisacsh |
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(local)tlcaut1028851582910000 |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Hawks, John |
| Relator term |
author. |
| Fuller form of name |
(John David) |
| Authority record control number or standard number |
(DLC)no2010173946 |
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Books |