Adventures in the Bone Trade: The Race to Discover Human Ancestors in Ethiopia's Afar Depression - Couverture rigide

Kalb, Jon

 
9780387987422: Adventures in the Bone Trade: The Race to Discover Human Ancestors in Ethiopia's Afar Depression
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ISBN 10 : 0387987428 ISBN 13 : 9780387987422
Editeur : Springer-Verlag New York Inc., 2000

Synopsis

Over the past 25 years, a stream of fossil and artifact discoveries in the Afar Depression of Ethiopia has produced the longest single record of human ancestors in the world. Many of the fossils found in this region are the missing links leading to modern humans. This book chronicles the exploration of this unique desert area, focusing especially on the 1970s when the valley was mapped and many fossils and archeological sites were discovered. The author gives his personal account of the 25 years he spent researching the region.
As co-founder of the team that discovered Lucy, Jon Kalb has first-hand knowledge of the research that was involved in the findings of this region and of the intense rivalry that has accompanied those findings. He discusses the political drama of Ethiopia and the effects this chaos had on the Afar. This book covers the scientific discoveries of the area, the author's own explorations and findings, and the political struggles involved with these discoveries.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

As co-founder of the expedition that discovered Lucy, and leader of most of the first site-surveys in the Afar Depression in Ethiopia, Jon Kalb has years of experience with the region, its politics, and the scientists involved in the excavations. A participant himself in the "bone wars" that accompanied these discoveries, Kalb recounts the cutthroat competition and back stabbing that were often part of the media-highlighted race to find the oldest hominid fossil. He weaves this story in the rich fabric of Ethiopian society and politics, the plight of the regions peoples, and the international maneuverings for control of the fossil finds.

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Éditeur
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Date d'édition
2000
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0387987428
ISBN 13 
9780387987422
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
404
Coordonnées du fabricant
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ISBN 10 :  1475788215 ISBN 13 :  9781475788211
Editeur : Copernicus, 2013
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