Seven Skeletons

Author : Lydia Pyne
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698409426
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Seven Skeletons written by Lydia Pyne and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-08-16 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Lydia V. Pyne
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0525429859
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Seven Skeletons written by Lydia V. Pyne and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A science historian describes seven famous ancestral fossils that have become known around the world, including 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, "--NoveList.

Author : Laurence Anholt
Publisher : Orchard Books
ISBN 13 : 1408329646
Total Pages : 41 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Snow Fright and the Seven Skeletons written by Laurence Anholt and published by Orchard Books. This book was released on 2014-11-06 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Snow Fright loves being scared... and she's in for the fright of her life when she gets locked in the terrifying ROLLER GHOSTER!

Author : Robert Winston
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1465459022
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Skeleton Book written by Robert Winston and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-09-13 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know human bones are eight times stronger than concrete? Or that both humans and giraffes have seven vertebrae in their necks? You will learn about these amazing human body facts and much more in this fascinating book for children. Packed with amazing 3D computer images highlighted in different colors, The Skeleton Book allows children to explore every bone and joint in the human body in minute detail. Take a look at the spongy inside and tough exterior of the bone structure. Learn about the longest bone in the body and see how bones grow with age. Find out how millions of years of evolution has helped the human body to perform so many tasks with precision. Become a fossil detective and see how archaeologists study and reconstruct ancient skeletons. Explore the future with bionic skeletons and 3D printed bones. With an embossed cover and a pull out five-foot skeleton poster inside the book, The Skeleton Book gives perspective for kids to study a life-size version of the human skeleton.

Author : Jake McGowan-Lowe
Publisher : Ticktock Books, Limited
ISBN 13 : 9781848988521
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jake's Bones written by Jake McGowan-Lowe and published by Ticktock Books, Limited. This book was released on 2014-03-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jake McGowan-Lowe is a boy with a very unusual hobby. Since the age of 7, he has been photographing and blogging about his incredible finds and now has a worldwide following, including 100,000 visitors from the US and Canada. Follow Jake as he explores the animal world through this new 64-page book. He takes you on a world wide journey of his own collection, and introduces you to other amazing animals from the four corners of the globe. Find out what a cow's tooth, a rabbit's rib and a duck's quack look like and much, much more besides.

Author : Eleni Milka
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1789696267
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mortuary differentiation and social structure in the Middle Helladic Argolid, 2000-1500 B.C. written by Eleni Milka and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2023-04-13 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Stephen Denison Peet
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal written by Stephen Denison Peet and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Stephen Denison Peet
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Prehistoric America: mound builders: their works and relics (1892) written by Stephen Denison Peet and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Antiquarian written by and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The American antiquarian and oriental journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: