The fossil trail : how we know what we think we know about human evolution
"A history of fossil discoveries and an insider's look at how these finds have been interpreted and misinterpreted through time ... Places the researchers and their discoveries within the context of their social and scientific milieus and reveals the many forces that shape our interpretation of fossil findings"--Publisher's description
xxiii, 327 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
9780195367669, 0195367669
218188644
Before Darwin
Darwin and after
Pithecanthropus
The early twentieth century
Out of Africa
Always something new
The synthesis
Olduvai Gorge
Rama's ape meets the mighty molecule
Omo and Turkana
Hadar, Lucy, and Laetoli
Theory intrudes
Eurasia and Africa : the record grows
Turkana and Olduvai, again
The caveman vanishes
Candelabras and continuity
Another fin de siècle
Back to the beginning
So, where are we?