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Focus on World History

Focus on World History

Kathy Sammis

In 1974, Dr. Donald Johanson made a remarkable discovery in eastern Africa. He found a largely complete skeleton of a humanlike creature. This young female had lived about 3.5 million years ago. Dr. Johanson and his coworkers ...
Lucy: The Beginnings of Humankind

Lucy: The Beginnings of Humankind

Donald Johanson

Johanson, the discoverer, in 1974, of "Lucy"--the oldest skelton of an erect-walking human yet found--reports the story of his internationally acclaimed find
Lucy's Legacy: The Quest for Human Origins

Lucy's Legacy: The Quest for Human Origins

Dr. Donald Johanson

Thirty-five years after Lucy, Johanson continues to enthusiastically probe the origins of our species and what it means to be human. From the Hardcover edition.
The Death of Evolution:

The Death of Evolution:

Wallace Johnson

Hadar (Ethiopia) Finds by Johanson: (a) In 1974, Dr. Donald Johanson and Dr. Maurice Taieb found parts of two lower jaws, half an upper jaw and also a complete upper jaw with 16 teeth. He classed them homo (man) and dated them about 4 ...
Ancestors: in search of human origins

Ancestors: in search of human origins

Donald C. Johanson

Recounts the world-famous paleoanthropologist's attempts to solve the mystery of human evolution, using evidence uncovered during his recent forays into the fossil-rich regions of Eastern Africa.
From Lucy to Language

From Lucy to Language

Donald C. Johanson

Photographs of significant hominid fossils and artifacts illustrate an assessment of the visual proof of human evolution and the meaning of clues left by the forebears of the human race. 25,000 first printing. Tour.
The Human Fossil Record, Brain Endocasts--The ...

The Human Fossil Record, Brain Endocasts--The ...

Jeffrey H. Schwartz

In the late 1970s, I was allowed to visit the exciting collections of the newly discovered^, afarensis materials under Dr. Donald Johanson's curatorship at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, where I had the privilege and pleasure of ...
Disasters

Disasters

Dr. Asim K. Dasgupta

This was the discovery of Dr Richard Leakey and his team. They discovered a two-million-yearold humanoid skull, which was from Homo habilis. In 1974, 'Lucy' , a 3.5-million-year-old hominid skeleton was discovered by Dr Donald Johanson  ...
Africa A to Z: Continental and Country Profiles: Third Edition

Africa A to Z: Continental and Country Profiles: Third Edition

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Its bearer (a small child) was named Australopithecus africanus by Dr Raymond Dart, who did the analysis, ... by Dr Robert Broom, at Sterkfontein, and of a partial skeleton (named Lucy) by Dr Donald Johanson, at Hadar (Ethiopia) in 1974.
The Evolution Delusion

The Evolution Delusion

Kenneth Lawrence

In 1959, in Tanzania, Dr. Louis Leakey and his wife Mary Leakey found fossils of a creature that Dr. Leakey called ... another creature, which was to be named Australopithecus afarensis, were discovered in Ethiopia by a Dr. Donald Johanson.
Before We Were Black

Before We Were Black

Eric A. McMiller

Page 16 Dr. John, Henrick Clark, Author, lecture, Historian Speaker, “A Great and Mighty walk”, DVD Page 17 CripusAttucks, ... Page 20 The discovery of the oldest human remains in 1972 Dr. Donald Johanson, Afar Research, a noted ...
Forbidden Archeology's Impact

Forbidden Archeology's Impact

Michael A. Cremo

Then Mr. Cremo, a co-author of Forbidden Archeology, and Mr. Richard Milton indulged in some gratuitous bashing of anthropologists, including Dr. Donald Johanson, by accusing them, in the case of Lucy, of not being able to differentiate ape ...
The Odd Body: Mysteries of Our Weird and Wonderful Bodies ...

The Odd Body: Mysteries of Our Weird and Wonderful Bodies ...

Stephen Juan

In 1974, a female hominid skeleton nearly 40 percent complete was found by Dr. Donald Johanson and Tom Gray of the Institute of Human Origins in Berkeley at a site near Hadar in Ethiopia. Nicknamed "Lucy," she was estimated to have ...
Love Poetry: “How Do I Love Thee?”

Love Poetry: “How Do I Love Thee?”

Paula Johanson

Paula Johanson has written and edited more than twenty books. Her titles for Enslow Publishers, Inc., inciude World Poetry— "Evidence of Life” and Early British Poetry— "Words That Burn.” -—-Elizabeth Barrett Browning Humans express ...
Lucy's Child: The Discovery of a Human Ancestor

Lucy's Child: The Discovery of a Human Ancestor

Donald Johanson

A famed paleontologist describes his latest find at Tanzania's Olduvai Gorge, a two million-year-old elbow bone Lucy's Child is a thrilling real-life adventure, an unforgettable journey into the exhilarating heart of scientific discovery ...
Lucy und ihre Kinder: Mit Photographien von David Brill

Lucy und ihre Kinder: Mit Photographien von David Brill

Donald Johanson

Lucy und ihre Kinder ist eine beeindruckende Dokumentation der frühen Menschheitsgeschichte und ein atemberaubendes Photoalbum unserer Ursprünge.
Foundations of Ethical Counseling

Foundations of Ethical Counseling

Donald A. Biggs

Donald A. Biggs, Donald H. Blocher. Donald A. Biggs, Ed.D., is Professor of Counseling Psychology and Student Development at the State University of New York at Albany. He received his doctoral degree from the University of California at ...
The Coal Field Directory

The Coal Field Directory

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Cooper, Shawnee, 0. GM—Donald Hannah, Jr., Shawnee, 0. GS—Donald Hannah, Jr., Shawnee, 0. PA—Donald Hannah, Jr., Shawnee, 0. CE—Donald Hannah, Jr., Shawnee, O. EM—Mr. Vanrietta, Shawnee, O. EE—Donald Hannah, Jr., ...
The Women In Lincoln's Life

The Women In Lincoln's Life

Donald Winkler

Donald Winkler. The Women in Lincoln's Life By H. Donald Winkler Rutledge Hill Press ® Nashville Tennessee A Division of Thomas Nelson, Inc. Copyright © 2001 by H. Donald Winkler All rights reserved.
Father Fiction: Chapters for a Fatherless Generation

Father Fiction: Chapters for a Fatherless Generation

Donald Miller

Donald Miller's dad left when he was very young. From that point onwards, Donald felt different. Different from the other boys in his class; different from the other boys at camp.
The Land of Ridge and Valley: A Photographic History of the ...

The Land of Ridge and Valley: A Photographic History of the ...

Donald E. Davis

A Photographic History of the Northwest Georgia Mountains Donald E. Davis, Donald Edward Davis ... A narive of Norrh Georgia, Donald Edward Davis, Ph.D., holds masrer's degrees in borh Social Ecology and Psychology. He serves as ...
The Open Table Participant's Guide, Vol. 1: An Invitation to ...

The Open Table Participant's Guide, Vol. 1: An Invitation to ...

Donald Miller

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To Lay Down One's Life for You, Brother

To Lay Down One's Life for You, Brother

M J McCarthy

... DONALD PETER JOHNSON, DONALD RAY JOHNSON, DONALD RAY JOHNSON, DONALD VERN JOHNSON, DONEL RAY JOHNSON, DOUGLAS ANDREW JOHNSON, DOUGLAS RAY JOHNSON, DUANE AARON JOHNSON, DWIGHT ...
Donald Creighton: A Life in History

Donald Creighton: A Life in History

Donald A. Wright

Through his virtuoso research into Creighton s own voluminous papers, Donald Creighton captures the twentieth-century transformation of English Canada through the life and times of one of its leading intellectuals. "
SpaceTime of the Imperial

SpaceTime of the Imperial

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Kyle, Donald G. Spectacles of Death in Ancient Rome. London: Routledge, 1998. Kyle Donald G. Sport and Spectacle in the Ancient World. Oxford: Blackwell, 2007. Lefebvre, Henri. The Production of Space, Donald NicholsonSmith (trans.).
Will Hobbs

Will Hobbs

Paula Johanson

Will Hobbs is known for his stories of the outdoors,interesting for boys and girls alike.
Canadian Manufactured Exports: Constraints and Opportunities

Canadian Manufactured Exports: Constraints and Opportunities

Donald James Daly

Donald J. Daly, B.A. Keyes and E.J. Spence, Scale and Specialization in Canadian Manufacturing, (Ottawa: Economic Council of Canada, 1968). 35. Donald J. Daly and D.C. MacCharles, Focus on Real Wage Unemployment, op. cit. 36.
Platinum

Platinum

Paula Johanson

Introduces platinum, discussing its discovery, its properties and chemical make-up, where it is found, and its many uses.
Biofuels: Sustainable Energy in the 21st Century

Biofuels: Sustainable Energy in the 21st Century

Paula Johanson

Provides information on biofuels and the different viewpoints on the issue.

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