Westerman Frank - We Hominids An Anthropological Detective Story - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: The Dutch bestseller Nominated for Le Prix Nicolas Bouvier A masterclass in storytelling exploring who we are and where we came from Danielle Clode Gripping and brilliantly told We Hominids deftly blends personal experience with a journalist's eye for a remarkable story Mark Mc Kenna WHO ARE WE? WHY ARE WE Different FROM Animals? 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 DN a 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. We Hominids is a compelling mixture of reportage travelogue and essay reminiscent of Bruce Chatwin or Ryszard Kapuscinski written by a brilliant storyteller and thinker.
Title: We Hominids An Anthropological Detective Story
Author(s): Westerman Frank
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Barcode: 9781803281544
Pages: 288 Pages, 1 Map
Language: English
Publication Date: 11/7/2023
Category: Early Man