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Weve all heard that chimpanzees are our closest relatives that in fact they share 98 of their genes with us But what evidence supports these oftenrepeated commonplaces Very little concludes physical anthropologist Jeffrey Schwartz In his keenly insightful demolition of conventional wisdom on the family relationships between apes and humans Schwartz provides a fresh examination of fossil evidence modern anatomy and physiology and DNA He argues that it is not chimpanzees or other African apes that are humankinds closest cousins but Asian orangutans The result is a compelling challenge to what we think we know about the origins of humans and about the pursuit of scienceIn this thoroughly revised edition of The Red Ape Schwartz analyzes the myriad fossil discoveries made since the publication of the first edition He reveals the embarrassing fact that orangutan and human teeth are so similar that they have commonly been misidentified for each other in the fossil record even by experts New material provocatively addresses whether molecules DNA are more reliable than fossils and anatomy in assessing evolutionary relationships Numerous new plates and drawings illustrate the text. 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In this compelling and accessible book, David Begun, one of the world\'s leading paleoanthropologists, transports readers to an epoch in the remote past when the Earth was home to many migratory populations of ape species.Drawing on the latest astonishing discoveries in the fossil record as well as his own experiences conducting field expeditions across Europe and Asia, Begun provides a sweeping evolutionary history of great apes and humans. He tells the story of how one of the earliest members of our evolutionary group--a new kind of primate called Proconsul--evolved from lemur-like monkeys in the primeval forests of Africa. Begun vividly describes how, over the next 10 million years, these hominoids expanded into Europe and Asia and evolved climbing and hanging adaptations, longer maturation times, and larger brains, setting the stage for the emergence of humans. 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This is the story of the search for humanity\'s origins--from the Middle Ages, when questions of the earth\'s antiquity first began to arise, through to the latest genetic discoveries that show the interrelatedness of all living creatures.Central to the story is the part played by fossils--first, in establishing the age of the Earth then, following Darwin, in the pursuit of possible Missing Links that would establish whether or not humans and chimpanzees share a common ancestor. John Reader\'s lifelong passion for this quest--palaeoanthropology--began when he reported on the celebrated Lucy finds in Ethiopia, for Life Magazine. Drawing on both historic and recent research, he tells the fascinating story of the science as it has developed from the activities of a few dedicated individuals, into the rigorous multidisciplinary work of today. His arresting photographs give a unique insight into the fossils, the discoverers, and the settings. 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