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The skull in the rock how a scientist, a boy, and Google Earth opened a new window on human origins

Chronicles the story behind one of the most significant archaeological discoveries of all time, explaining its significance for understanding human evolution and how it is shaping the thinking of the scientific community.

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Main Author:	Berger, Lee R.
Other Authors:	Aronson, Marc
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, 2012.
Subjects:	Fossil hominids > South Africa > Witwatersrand Region > Juvenile nonfiction. Human beings > Origin > Juvenile nonfiction. Human evolution > South Africa > Witwatersrand Region > Juvenile nonfiction. Excavations (Archaeology) > South Africa > Witwatersrand Region > Juvenile nonfiction. Paleoanthropology > Juvenile nonfiction. Berger, Lee R. > Juvenile nonfiction.
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Summary:	Chronicles the story behind one of the most significant archaeological discoveries of all time, explaining its significance for understanding human evolution and how it is shaping the thinking of the scientific community.
Physical Description:	64 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781426310102 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1426310102 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781426310539 (library binding : alk. paper) 1426310536 (library binding : alk. paper)
Author Notes:	LEE BERGER is the Reader in Human Evolution and the Public Understanding ofnbsp;Science at the Institute for Human Evolution, School of GeoSciences, University ofnbsp;the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg South Africa. He won the National Geographicnbsp;Society's first Research and Exploration Prize in 1997, has conducted numerousnbsp;subsequent expeditions, and is best known for his discovery ofnbsp; Australopithecusnbsp;sediba . MARC ARONSON is an award-winning author and editor who earned hisnbsp;doctorate in American History at NYU, he is co-author ofnbsp; The World Made New nbsp;fornbsp;National Geographic, a new biography of Robert Kennedy, andnbsp; Race: A Historynbsp;Beyond Black and White.