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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Pyne, Lydia V., author.     Subjects     Fossil hominids.     Human evolution.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Pyne, Lydia V., author.       by title:      Seven skeletons : th...         MARC Display

Seven skeletons : the evolution of the world's most famous human fossils / Lydia Pyne. by Pyne, Lydia V., author. New York, New York : Viking, c2016. Subjects Fossil hominids.   Human evolution. ISBN:  9780525429852 (hardcover) : 0525429859 (hardcover) Description:  276 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm Requests:  0 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.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Aiea Public Library Adult Nonfiction 569.9 Py Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hawaii State Library Business, Science & Technology 569.9 Py Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 569.9 Pyne Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kihei Public Library Adult Nonfiction 569.9 Py Checked In Add Copy to MyList Nanakuli Public Library Adult Nonfiction 569.9 Py Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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