Seven skeletons the evolution of the world's most famous human fossils
"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, Australopithecus sediba and Lucy,"--NoveList.
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Seven skeletons : |b the evolution of the world's most famous human fossils / |c Lydia Pyne. |
| 264 | 1 | |a New York, New York : |b Viking, |c [2016] | |
| 300 | |a 276 pages : |b illustrations, map ; |c 24 cm | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 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 an icon: Lucy in the sky -- The precious: Flo's life as a hobbit -- Sediba: TBD (to be determined) -- Afterword: O fortuna!: a bit of luck, a bit of skill. | |
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| 650 | 0 | |a Fossil hominids. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Human evolution. | |
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