OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS: Becoming Human.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-28 January 1999-OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS: Becoming Human (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:270199 * Where, do we come from? What makes humans unique? And where are we heading... ? * by Ian Tattersall, Curator, Department of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History, New York One of the traits that distinguishes us from our nearest ancestors is our curiosity about the origins of our species.

In his new book, Ian Tattersall (author of The Fossil Trail) discusses human uniqueness, investigating the origins of those. characteristics and processes that so distinguish human beings, such as creativity, language, and consciousness. Taking the reader around the world, stopping in France to examine 30,000-year-old cave paintings, in...