Bones of Contention: Controversies in the Search for Human OriginsFrom the discovery of Neanderthal Man a century ago to the contemporary debate on methods for dating fossils, this book examines the history and science of paleoanthropology and provides a behind-the-scenes look at anthropologists at work. |
Contents
Bones of Contention | 13 |
The Storytellers | 30 |
The Taung Child Rejection | 47 |
Copyright | |
12 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
accept afarensis Africa American anatomy ancestor animal anthropologists appeared Australopithecus believe Berkeley brain British called close colleagues conclusions considered controversy Curtis Dart developed discovered discovery discussion Duke University early Elliot eventually evidence evolution evolutionary explains face fact Fitch fossils going History hominid Homo human evolution human origins idea important interpretation Interview Johanson KBS Tuff Keith kind known Koobi Koobi Fora Laetoli later Leakey Leakey's least less Letter living look Louis material meeting Miller million Museum Nature once opinion paleoanthropology perhaps Pilbeam Piltdown Pleistocene present primitive problem published Ramapithecus reason recently Richard Richard Leakey says scientific scientists seemed Simons simply skull Smith species specimen story suggested Taung theory things thought tion turned University White wrong wrote