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Pyne, Lydia V.
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Fossil hominids.
Human evolution.
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Pyne, Lydia V.
Fossil hominids.
Human evolution.
MARC Display
Seven
skeletons
: the
evolution
of the
world
's
most
famous
human
fossils
/ Lydia Pyne.
by
Pyne, Lydia V.
Viking, c2016.
Call #:
569.9 P997s
Subjects
Fossil hominids.
Human
evolution
.
ISBN:
9780525429852 (hc)
0525429859 (hc)
Description:
276 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Summary:
"Over the last century, the search for
human
ancestors has spanned four continents and resulted in the discovery of hundreds of
fossils
.
Most
of these discoveries live quietly in museum collections, but some have become celebrities, embraced by wide audiences and held as touchstones in how we understand our
human
origins. In
Seven
Skeletons
, historian of science Lydia Pyne explores how
seven
of them gained their fame. Pyne introduces readers to the Neanderthal of La Chapelle, the prototype for one hundred years of caveman caricatures; the Piltdown Man, Charles Dawson's 'dawn-ape,' accepted by the scientific establishment for forty years before it was revealed to be an elaborate hoax; the Taung Child, a tiny skull whose renown rests on the doggedness of its discoverer; bones from China collectively known as Peking Man, lost forever during
World
War II; Lucy, named for the Beatles song and an icon of
evolution
; the three-foot-tall 'hobbit' from Flores, Indonesia; and 2008'
s
Australopithecus sediba, a fossil with its own Twitter account. Drawing from paleoanthropology, interviews, museum exhibitions, science fiction, and even poetry, Pyne brings to life each fossil. She also captures their equally important, and compelling, afterlife--how they are described, put on display, and shared among scientific communities and the broader public. Some
fossils
, such as the Taung Child, sparked debates over the elusive 'missing link' between humans and apes. Others, like Lucy, become the fossil that all new discoveries are measured against.
Seven
Skeletons
puts the impact of paleoanthropology into new context--a joyful reminder of how our past as a species continues to affect, in astonishing ways, our present culture and imagination."--Dust jacket.
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