Seven skeletons : the evolution of the world's most famous human fossils
Publication Information
New York, New York : Viking, [2016]
Physical Description
276 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Summary
"A science historian describes seven famous ancestral fossils that have become known around the world, including the three-foot tall “وقُقىٰ” ن ٍُْئمٌُْٱ، ٰوم خمفلَمْٰوف ٌنُ جف أوفمِمٌٌ، ٰوم شفuهَ أوىلٌ، ٰوم ذىٌٰلwُ َحف َوفُ٬، ذمىًهَ حف،َ ءuٱٰفْىٌُِٰومكuٱ ٱملىقف فلَ جuك”،"--خvُمجىٱٰ.
Contents
- 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.