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Seven skeletons : the evolution of the world's most famous human fossils

text Seven skeletons : the evolution of the world's most famous human fossils

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"A science historian describes seven famous ancestral fossils that have become known around the world, including the three-foot tall "hobbit" from Flores, the Neanderthal of La Chapelle, the Taung Child, the Piltdown Man hoax, Peking Man, Australo... Read more
Contents
Introduction: famous fossils, hidden histories -- The old man of La Chapelle: the patriarch of paleo -- Piltdown: a name without a fossil -- The Taung child: the rise of a folk hero -- Peking Man: a curious case of paleo-noir -- The ascension of a... Read more
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276 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Publisher
Viking 2016

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 569.8 PYN in Adult Non-fiction Available

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