Seven skeletons : the evolution of the world's most famous human fossils / Lydia Pyne.
By: Pyne, Lydia V [author.].
Publisher: New York : Viking, [2016]Description: 276 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780525429852 (hardcover).Subject(s): Fossil hominids | Human evolutionGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | GN282 .P96 2016 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU0000000009226 |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-264) and index.
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.