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The most thrilling account of human evolution...
New From Left Coast Press, Inc. A 15% discount on web orders to the U.S. at www.LCoastPress.com.
Claudio Tuniz, Richard Gillespie, and Cheryl Jones
The Bone Readers: Science and Politics in Human Origins Research
August 2009, 264 pages, $24.95 Paper
"An easy-reading and illuminating account of recent developments in the area of paleoanthropology lying exactly at the intersection of science and politics"
- Ian Tattersall, author of The Fossil Trail: How We Know What We Think We Know About Human Evolution
"Full of intrigue, deceit and astonishing discoveries, The Bone Readers is the most thrilling account of human evolution and those who study it yet penned. It's destined to become
a classic. "
- Professor Tim Flannery, environmentalist, author, and 2007 Australian of the Year
"In many ways this is a portrait of the state of scientific inquiry into prehistory, the bone readers being those who, using the latest methods and technology, reconstruct its face.
Political and cultural debates also come into significant play as does the clash between more traditional scientific method and post-modernist theory."
- Capital City Daily, Melbourne
"This excellent book not only clearly presents the science behind research on human origins, but also the personalities and the politics."
- Professor Chris Stringer FRS, The Natural History Museum , London
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.
To order, visit our website at
http://lcoastpress.com/book.php?id=282
ISBN: 978-1-59874-475-0 (p)
PRICE:
$24.95 ( U.S. ), $29.95 (Canadian), £13.99
New From Left Coast Press, Inc. A 15% discount on web orders to the U.S. at www.LCoastPress.com.
Claudio Tuniz, Richard Gillespie, and Cheryl Jones
The Bone Readers: Science and Politics in Human Origins Research
August 2009, 264 pages, $24.95 Paper
"An easy-reading and illuminating account of recent developments in the area of paleoanthropology lying exactly at the intersection of science and politics"
- Ian Tattersall, author of The Fossil Trail: How We Know What We Think We Know About Human Evolution
"Full of intrigue, deceit and astonishing discoveries, The Bone Readers is the most thrilling account of human evolution and those who study it yet penned. It's destined to become
a classic. "
- Professor Tim Flannery, environmentalist, author, and 2007 Australian of the Year
"In many ways this is a portrait of the state of scientific inquiry into prehistory, the bone readers being those who, using the latest methods and technology, reconstruct its face.
Political and cultural debates also come into significant play as does the clash between more traditional scientific method and post-modernist theory."
- Capital City Daily, Melbourne
"This excellent book not only clearly presents the science behind research on human origins, but also the personalities and the politics."
- Professor Chris Stringer FRS, The Natural History Museum , London
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.
To order, visit our website at
http://lcoastpress.com/book.php?id=282
ISBN: 978-1-59874-475-0 (p)
PRICE:
$24.95 ( U.S. ), $29.95 (Canadian), £13.99