Used book – Lucy's Knee, Yves Coppens

This is the story of ancient times, our story, that of the slow emergence of hominids, the difficult breakthrough of their consciousness, the heavy straightening of their bodies and the moving instability of their bipedalism, the clumsiness of their first attempts at stone knapping and their touching tenacity in improving them. This is the story of a science, paleoanthropology, and its most recent advances. Finally, this is the story of a lifetime of research, illuminated by the discovery of Lucy, an object of multiple fascinations. What is prehistory for? Here is the answer: it puts man in his place. It makes us understand who we are, how we became who we are, and why.

9782738108166