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

New York: University of Oxford Press, 1995. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 6x1x9. First edition. Related article laid in. Jacket faintly rubbed. 1995 Hard Cover. 288 pp. In The Fossil Trail, Ian Tattersall, the head of the Anthropology Department at the American Museum of Natural History, takes us on a sweeping tour of the study of human evolution, offering a colorful history of fossil discoveries and a revealing insider's look at how these finds have been interpreted--and misinterpreted--through time. All the major figures and discoveries are here.