Bones of contention : controversies in the search for human origins / Roger Lewin.

  • Lewin, Roger.
Date:
1997
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About this work

Publication/Creation

Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, 1997.

Physical description

366 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Contributors

Edition

2nd ed., with a new afterword.

Contents

Bones of contention -- The storytellers -- The Taung child : rejection -- The Taung child : acceptance -- Rama's ape : resurrected -- Rama's ape : destroyed -- The Leakeys : father -- The Leakeys : son -- The KBS Tuff controversy : genesis -- The KBS Tuff controversy : denouement -- Lucy : the naming -- Lucy : the response -- Man's place in nature -- Afterword.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-355) and index.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    Medical Collection
    GN281 1997L67b
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 0226476510
  • 9780226476513