"A fascinating account of an Indiana Jones-style fossil hunter and
how his discoveries have changed the way we see human evolution."
"--Kirkus Reviews"
In 2008, Professor Lee Berger--with the help of his curious
9-year-old son--discovered two remarkably well preserved,
two-million-year-old fossils of an adult female and young male,
known as "Australopithecus sediba;" a previously unknown species of
ape-like creatures that may have been a direct ancestor of modern
humans. This discovery of has been hailed as one of the most
important archaeological discoveries in history. The fossils reveal
what may be one of humankind's oldest ancestors.
Berger believes the skeletons they found on the Malapa site in
South Africa could be the "Rosetta stone that unlocks our
understanding of the genus Homo" and may just redesign the human
family tree.
Berger, an Eagle Scout and National Geographic Grantee, is the
Reader in Human Evolution and the Public Understanding of Science
in the Institute for Human Evolution at the University of
Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
The focus of the book will be on the way in which we can apply new
thinking to familiar material and come up with a breakthrough. Marc
Aronson is particularly interested in framing these issues for
young people and has had enormous success with this approach in his
previous books: "Ain't Nothing But a Man" and "If Stones Could
Speak."
Berger's discovery in one of the most excavated and studied areas
on Earth revealed a treasure trove of human fossils--and an
entirely new human species--where people thought no more field work
might ever be necessary. Technology and revelation combined, plus a
good does of luck, to broaden by ten times the number of early
human fossils known, rejuvenating this field of study and posing
countless more questions to be answered in years and decades to
come.
Releases simultaneously in Reinforced Library Binding:
978-1-4263-1053-9, $27.90/$32.00 Can
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