Adam's Ancestors Race, Religion, and the Politics of Human Origins |
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| Author:
| Livingstone, David N. |
| Series title: | Medicine, Science, and Religion in Historical Context Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4214-0065-5 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2011 |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $30.00 |
Book Description:
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Although the idea that all human beings are descended from Adam is a long--standing conviction in the West, another version of this narrative exists: human beings inhabited the Earth before, or alongside, Adam, and their descendants still occupy the planet.In this engaging and provocative work, David N. Livingstone traces the history of the idea of ......
Although the idea that all human beings are descended from Adam is a long--standing conviction in the West, another version of this narrative exists: human beings inhabited the Earth before, or alongside, Adam, and their descendants still occupy the planet.In this engaging and provocative work, David N. Livingstone traces the history of the idea of ......