Adventures in the Bone Trade: The Race to Discover Human Ancestors in Ethiopia’s Afar Depression
Language: English
Published by Copernicus, 2000
- First Edition
- Hardcover
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- Title
- Adventures in the Bone Trade: The Race to Discover Human Ancestors in Ethiopia’s Afar Depression
- Author
- Kalb, Jon
- Publisher
- Copernicus
- Publication year
- 2000
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0387987428
- ISBN 13
- 9780387987422
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
As co-founder of the team that discovered Lucy, Jon Kalb has first-hand knowledge of the research that was involved in the findings of this region and of the intense rivalry that has accompanied those findings. He discusses the political drama of Ethiopia and the effects this chaos had on the Afar. This book covers the scientific discoveries of the area, the author's own explorations and findings, and the political struggles involved with these discoveries.
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Review
Kalb, an American geologist long fascinated by the geology of the Afar region of north-east Africa, set up home in Ethiopia with his young family in 1971. As he lucidly explains, he was intrigued by the complexities of how the three tectonic plates of the region are breaking apart to form a new ocean and why the fossil remains of our early relatives are found there. Kalb's book could well have been titled Bone Wars but it has already been over-used in relation to the bitter rivalry of the early dinosaur hunters in America. As Kalb reveals in this fascinating inside story of the intrigues between the main players of the time, the competition to find our ancient human relatives has been just as fierce. With maps, photos, notes, extensive bibliography, glossary and excellent index, Kalb's compelling account is a serious attempt to set the record straight. --Douglas Palmer
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