Mike Morwood: A New Human | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9781598744149 | A New Human | Mike Morwood (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2009

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Beschreibung

In the most revolutionary archaeological find of the new century, an international team of archaeologists led by Mike Morwood discovered a new, diminutive species of human on the remote Indonesian island of Flores. Nicknamed the "Hobbit," this was no creation of Tolkien's fantasy. The three foot tall skeleton with a brain the size of a chimpanzee's was a tool-using, fire-making, cooperatively hunting person who inhabited Flores alongside modern humans as recently as 13,000 years ago. This book is Morwood's description of this monumental discovery and the intense study that has been undertaken to validate his view of its relationship to our species. He chronicles the bitter debates over Homo Floresiensis, the objections (some spiteful) of colleagues, the theft and damage of some of the specimens, and the endless battle against government and academic bureaucracies that hindered his research. This updated paperback edition contains an epilogue that reports on the most recent debates, findings, and analyses of this amazing discovery.

Über den Autor

Dr. Mike Morwood is a professor at the Geoquest Research Centre, University of Wollongong, Australia, and formerly taught at University of New England in Armidale. In addition to his work in Indonesia, he is an expert in Australian Aboriginal rock art and the author of Visions from the Past: The Archaeology of Australian Aboriginal Art. Penny Van Oosterzee has twice won Australia's prestigious Eureka Science Book Prize.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PROLOGUE 1 In the Footsteps of the Father 2 Stories from Cold Cave 3 Planning the Project 4 A Body of Evidence 5 The Devil of Dogma 6 Out of Asia 7 Islands in the Evolutionary Stream 8 The Reaction 9 Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue, EPILOGUE

Erscheinungsjahr:	2009
Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Importe
Rubrik:	Sozialwissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9781598744149
ISBN-10:	1598744143
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Morwood, Mike Oosterzee, Penny van
Hersteller:	Routledge
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	229 x 152 x 16 mm
Von/Mit:	Mike Morwood (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum:	31.03.2009
Gewicht:	0,421 kg