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Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors: A Search for Who We Are
	Cover of the first edition
Author	Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan
Language	English
Subject	History of life
Publisher	Ballantine Books
Publication date	October 1993
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardback and paperback)
Pages	528
ISBN	978-0-345-38472-0
OCLC	28866374
Followed by	Pale Blue Dot

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Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors: A Search for Who We Are is a 1993 book by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan.^[1] The authors give a summary account of the evolutionary history of life on Earth, with particular focus upon certain traits central to human nature and the discussion of where their precursors began to develop in other species. In the final chapters, they examine primates in detail, comparing the details between anatomically modern humans and the extant species most closely related to them.

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Sagan, Carl; Druyan, Ann (1993). Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors: A Search for Who We Are (1st ed.). New York: Ballantine Books. ISBN 0-345-38472-5.

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-'''''Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors: A Search for Who We Are''''' is a 1993 book by [[Carl Sagan]] and his wife, [[Ann Druyan]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=DjjWea3fgO8C&pg=PR9&lpg=PP1&dq=Shadows+of+Forgotten+Ancestors Copyright information page], ''Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors''.</ref> The authors give a summary account of the evolutionary [[history of life]] on Earth, with particular focus upon certain traits central to human nature and the discussion of where their precursors began to develop in other species. In the final chapters, they examine [[primates]] in detail, comparing the details between anatomically modern humans and the [[wikt:extant|extant]] species most closely related to them.
+'''''Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors: A Search for Who We Are''''' is a 1993 book by [[Carl Sagan]] and [[Ann Druyan]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=DjjWea3fgO8C&pg=PR9&lpg=PP1&dq=Shadows+of+Forgotten+Ancestors Copyright information page], ''Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors''.</ref> The authors give a summary account of the evolutionary [[history of life]] on Earth, with particular focus upon certain traits central to human nature and the discussion of where their precursors began to develop in other species. In the final chapters, they examine [[primates]] in detail, comparing the details between anatomically modern humans and the [[wikt:extant|extant]] species most closely related to them.
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