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The World Before Us

How Science Is Revealing a New Story of Our Human Origins

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The World Before Us

By: Tom Higham
Narrated by: John Sackville
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Fifty thousand years ago, we were not the only species of human in the world. There were at least four others, including the Neanderthals, Homo floresiensis, Homo luzonesis and the Denisovans. At the forefront of the latter's ground-breaking discovery was Oxford Professor Tom Higham. In The World Before Us, he explains the scientific and technological advancements - in radiocarbon dating and ancient DNA, for example - that allowed each of these discoveries to be made, enabling us to be more accurate in our predictions about not just how long ago these other humans lived, but how they lived, interacted and live on in our genes today. This is the story of us, told for the first time with its full cast of characters.

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©2021 Tom Higham (P)2021 Penguin Audio Anthropology Archaeology Biological Sciences Earth Sciences Evolution Evolution & Genetics Genetics History History & Philosophy Science World Paleontology Natural History Africa

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Detailed description of the latest scientific discoveries in paleo anthropology. Accompanied by a PDF with figures. Very good narrator.

Informative and engaging

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I listened to it again straight away and learned more the second time around 🤓

Quality stuff

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So pleased I downloaded this book, it is fascinating, really worth a read. This book is packed full of information about the prehistory of the human race and all the different forms of hominids that were originally around and how far back they are now known to have lived.

Fantastic Book

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The intriguing story of who we, are and where we came from, continues. With every new advance in technology, we further unravel the mystery of our origins. The inherent chronology and unexpected twists and turns make for an absolutely entertaining and very informative discourse.

Informative and well narrated

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Interesting book. Really got going in the last few chapters, but the back stories at the start provided evidence for such Interesting conclusions.

Fascinating

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