Evolving Eden: An Illustrated Guide to the Evolution of the African Large-Mammal Fauna

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Summary: Illustrated by Built Up Fossils
Review: Africa, expecially as it appears to have been over time is probably the closest piece of land that might have been considered Eden.

For some 35 million years Africa has been the home of an ever widening number of animals. This beautifully illustrated work takes fossil finds, compares them with their closest living relatives and builds up what these animals probably looked like when they were alive.

The definition of animals in this book certainly includes humans and their African ancestors. More than just viewing the fossil remains, the built up people show a closer relationship to modern humans that just looking at the bare fossil.