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Seven Skeletons
Author | : Lydia Pyne |
Publsiher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 2016-08-16 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780698409422 |
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An irresistible journey of discovery, science, history, and myth making, told through the lives and afterlives of seven famous human ancestors Over the last century, the search for human ancestors has spanned four continents and resulted in the discovery of hundreds of fossils. While most of these discoveries live quietly in museum collections, there are a few that have become world-renowned celebrity personas—ambassadors of science that speak to public audiences. In Seven Skeletons, historian of science Lydia Pyne explores how seven such famous fossils of our ancestors have the social cachet they enjoy today. Drawing from archives, museums, and interviews, Pyne builds a cultural history for each celebrity fossil—from its discovery to its afterlife in museum exhibits to its legacy in popular culture. These seven include the three-foot tall “hobbit” from Flores, the Neanderthal of La Chapelle, the Taung Child, the Piltdown Man hoax, Peking Man, Australopithecus sediba, and Lucy—each embraced and celebrated by generations, and vivid examples of how discoveries of how our ancestors have been received, remembered, and immortalized. With wit and insight, Pyne brings to life each fossil, and how it is described, put on display, and shared among scientific communities and the broader public. This fascinating, endlessly entertaining book puts the impact of paleoanthropology into new context, a reminder of how our past as a species continues to affect, in astounding ways, our present culture and imagination.
Snow Fright and the Seven Skeletons
Author | : Laurence Anholt |
Publsiher | : Orchard Books |
Total Pages | : 40 |
Release | : 2014-11-06 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781408329641 |
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Snow Fright loves being scared... and she's in for the fright of her life when she gets locked in the terrifying ROLLER GHOSTER!
Mortuary differentiation and social structure in the Middle Helladic Argolid 2000 1500 B C
Author | : Eleni Milka |
Publsiher | : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd |
Total Pages | : 422 |
Release | : 2023-04-13 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781789696264 |
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In this volume the archaeological, anthropological and radiocarbon data from selected sites of the Middle Helladic period are integrated to determine if there was variation between individual burials, groupings and cemeteries and to reconstruct change through time. This work was done for selective Argive sites, namely Lerna, Asine and Aspis.
The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal
Author | : Stephen Denison Peet |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 394 |
Release | : 1891 |
Genre | : America |
ISBN | : WISC:89058371659 |
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Prehistoric America mound builders their works and relics 1892
Author | : Stephen Denison Peet |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 454 |
Release | : 1892 |
Genre | : America |
ISBN | : CUB:U183031120786 |
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American Antiquarian
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 350 |
Release | : 1891 |
Genre | : Archaeology |
ISBN | : CHI:18809208 |
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The American antiquarian and oriental journal
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 394 |
Release | : 1891 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : BSB:BSB11547461 |
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Skulls and Skeletons
Author | : Christine Quigley |
Publsiher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 2001-01-01 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 078641068X |
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Of the parts of the human body, the bones have a unique durability that lends itself to collection. Provided a body has not been cremated, the skeletal remains can be recovered even millions of years after death, cleaned of flesh and debris, studied at length, and stored indefinitely without the maintenance that wet specimens require. Motivations for collecting human skeletal material range from the practical (in anthropology, medicine, forensics) to the ritualistic (phrenology, in the relics of martyrs and saints). This book is an examination of those motivations and the collections they have brought about--catacombs, ossuaries, mass graves, prehistoric excavations, private collections, and institutions. The book contains sections on procuring, handling, storing, transporting, cleaning, and identifying skeletal remains. The repatriation of remains and legislation covering the topic are also addressed.