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Author Westerman, Frank, 1964- author.

Title We, hominids : an anthropological detective story / Frank Westerman ; translated by Sam Garrett
Published Collingwood : Black Inc., 2021

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Description 1 online resource (244 pages) : illustrations
Summary A roving philosophical journey into what makes us human In this charming, thought-provoking book, one of Holland's greatest non-fiction writers hunts down answers to humanity's most fundamental questions: Who are we? What makes us different from animals? With an ancient skull as his starting point, he travels the globe, tracing the search for the first human being: the missing link between humans and apes. Westerman introduces us to the world of skull hunters - leading experts in our fossil ancestry - whose lives are just as fascinating as those of their primeval discoveries. He astutely reconsiders the work of illustrious paleoanthropologists in the light of new DNA technology, postcolonialism, and the rise of women in this male-dominated field. Westerman discovers a plethora of origin hypotheses and shows how any theory of who we are and where we come from is coloured by the zeitgeist..
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Subject Westerman, Frank, 1964- -- Travel -- Indonesia -- Flores Island
SUBJECT Westerman, Frank, 1964- fast
Subject Paleoanthropology -- Indonesia -- Flores Island
Human remains (Archaeology) -- Indonesia -- Flores Island
Animal remains (Archaeology) -- Indonesia -- Flores Island
Caves -- Indonesia -- Flores Island
Animal remains (Archaeology)
Caves
Human remains (Archaeology)
Paleoanthropology
Travel
SUBJECT Flores Island (Indonesia) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85049211
Subject Indonesia -- Flores Island
Form Electronic book
Author Garrett, Sam, translator.
ISBN 9781743821879
1743821875
Other Titles Wij, de mens. English