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Title: THE BONE READERS
SCIENCE AND POLITICS IN HUMAN ORIGINS RESEARCH
By: Claudio Tuniz, Richard Gillespie, Cheryl Jones
Format: Paperback

List price: £24.99


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ISBN 10: 1598744755
ISBN 13: 9781598744750
Publisher: LEFT COAST PRESS INC
Pub. date: 15 September, 2009
Pages: 272
Description: Offers a summary of the questions and the minefield of academic politics that surround questioning anthropology's most cherished paradigms. This title is suitable for students in human origins or biological anthropology courses.
Synopsis: The Bone Readers are a dedicated group of scholars who study the earliest human remains, their chemistry and DNA, their extinct floral and faunal contemporaries, and the geologic layers in which they were found. Their research leads them to theories about modern human origins that continually challenge conventional wisdom and cherished beliefs- about "Eve ," Neanderthals, "hobbits," and the Bering Straits, among others. Two leading Bone Readers and a science writer have penned a literate, authoritative summary of the current questions and the minefield of academic politics that surround it. Ideal for students in human origins or biological anthropology courses, and a delightful read.
Illustrations: 20 figures, 5 tables, references, index
Publication: US
Imprint: Left Coast Press Inc
Returns: Returnable
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