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Race, inequality, and health

xi, 200 pages : black and white illustrations, maps, graphs ; 24 cm.

Troublesome science : the misuse of genetics and genomics in understanding race / Rob DeSalle and Ian Tattersall.

"Conversational and accessible to everyone, this colorfully illustrated book embraces almost every imaginable area of the sciences, from microbiology and ecology (for an understanding of what creates this complex beverage) to physiology and neurobiology (for insight into the effects of wine on the mind and body). The authors draw on physics, chemistry, biochemistry, evolution, and climatology, and they expand the discussion to include insights from anthropology, primatology, entomology, Neolithic archaeology, and even classical history. The resulting volume is indispensible for anyone who wishes to appreciate wine to its fullest."--

x, 252 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 23 cm

A natural history of wine / Ian Tattersall and Rob DeSalle ; illustrated by Patricia J. Wynne.

In this lively and readable introduction, renowned anthropologist Ian Tattersall thoroughly examines both fossil and archaeological records to trace human evolution from the earliest beginnings of our zoological family, Hominidae, through the appearance of Homo sapiens to the Agrictultureal Revolution.

New Oxford world history

ix, 143 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

The world from beginnings to 4000 BCE / Ian Tattersall.

Presents the story of human evolution with scientific reconstructions of twenty-two species of extinct humans. Offers a description of "a day in the life" of each species and an account of its anatomy, behavior, and habitat.

256 pages : colour illustrations, maps ; 28 cm

The last human : a guide to twenty-two species of extinct humans / created by G.J. Sawyer and Viktor Deak ; text by Esteban Sarmiento, G.J. Sawyer, Richard Milner ; with contributions by Donald C. Johanson, Meave Leakey and Ian Tattersall.

"In his new book human paleoanthropologist Ian Tattersall argues that a long tradition of "human exceptionalism" in paleoanthropology has distorted the picture of human evolution. Drawing partly on his own career-- from young scientist in awe of his elders to crotchety elder statesman-- Tattersall offers an idiosyncratic look at the competitive world of paleoanthropology, beginning with Charles Darwin 150 years ago, and continuing through the Leakey dynasty in Africa, and concluding with the latest astonishing findings in the Caucasus. With tact and humor, Tattersall concludes that we are not the perfected products of natural processes, but instead the result of substantial doses of random happenstance"--

xii, 244 pages : black and white illlustrations ; 25 cm

The strange case of the rickety Cossack : and other cautionary tales from human evolution / Ian Tattersall.

xix, 222 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : black and white and colour illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

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Troublesome science : the misuse of genetics and genomics in understanding race / Rob DeSalle and Ian Tattersall.

A natural history of wine / Ian Tattersall and Rob DeSalle ; illustrated by Patricia J. Wynne.

The world from beginnings to 4000 BCE / Ian Tattersall.

The last human : a guide to twenty-two species of extinct humans / created by G.J. Sawyer and Viktor Deak ; text by Esteban Sarmiento, G.J. Sawyer, Richard Milner ; with contributions by Donald C. Johanson, Meave Leakey and Ian Tattersall.

The strange case of the rickety Cossack : and other cautionary tales from human evolution / Ian Tattersall.

Stepping-stones : a journey through the ice age caves of the Dordogne / Christine Desdemaines-Hugon ; foreword by Ian Tattersall.

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Troublesome science : the misuse of genetics and genomics in understanding race / Rob DeSalle and Ian Tattersall.

A natural history of wine / Ian Tattersall and Rob DeSalle ; illustrated by Patricia J. Wynne.

The world from beginnings to 4000 BCE / Ian Tattersall.

The last human : a guide to twenty-two species of extinct humans / created by G.J. Sawyer and Viktor Deak ; text by Esteban Sarmiento, G.J. Sawyer, Richard Milner ; with contributions by Donald C. Johanson, Meave Leakey and Ian Tattersall.

The strange case of the rickety Cossack : and other cautionary tales from human evolution / Ian Tattersall.

Stepping-stones : a journey through the ice age caves of the Dordogne / Christine Desdemaines-Hugon ; foreword by Ian Tattersall.

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