Bones of Contention Controversies in the Search for Human Origins

Name: Bones of Contention Controversies in the Search for Human Origins
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ISBN: 9780226476513

ISBN-10: 0226476510

ISBN-13: 9780226476513

Edition: 2nd 1997

Authors: Roger Lewin

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Bones of Contentionis a behind-the-scenes look at the search for human origins. Analyzing how the biases and preconceptions of paleoanthropologists shaped their work, Roger Lewin's detective stories about the discovery of Neanderthal Man, the Taung Child, Lucy, and other major fossils provide insight into this most subjective of scientific endeavors. The new afterword looks at ways in which paleoanthropology, while becoming more scientific in many ways, remains contentious. "[An] un-put-downable book."—John Gribbon,Times Educational Supplement"Not just another 'stones and bones' account of human evolution. It is Lewin's thesis, amply demonstrated, that paleoanthropology is the most…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 8/16/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 366
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Acknowledgments



Bones of Contention



The Storytellers



The Taung Child: Rejection



The Taung Child: Acceptance



Rama's Ape: Resurrected



Rama's Ape: Destroyed



The Leakeys: Father



The Leakeys: Son



The KBS Tuff Controversy: Genesis



The KBS Tuff Controversy: Denouement



Lucy: The Naming



Lucy: The Response



Man's Place in Nature


Afterword


Notes


Index