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The Hobbit Trap - How New Species Are Invented (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Maciej Henneberg, Robert B Eckhardt, John Schofield The Hobbit Trap - How New Species Are Invented (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Maciej Henneberg, Robert B Eckhardt, John Schofield
R4,144 Discovery Miles 41 440 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

When scientists found the remains of a tiny hominid on an Indonesian in 2004, they claimed they found a totally new species of human ancestor (homo floresiensis), and called it a Hobbit. Film crews rolled in and the little creature took the world by storm, but a group of prominent scientists, including Maciej Henneberg and Robert Eckhardt, smelled a rat. They refuted the data--the size and shape of bones, the inferences about height--and they raised fundamental questions about scientific method, revealing cultural and political pressures that lead to the wide acceptance of unsupported theories. The Hobbit Trap describes how the case against the "new species" theory developed and offers an important critique of the species concept in evolution. In this thoroughly updated second edition, the authors include new data and analysis of the Flores fossils, and expand their important analysis of scientific practice, calling for a new movement to reverse the decline in scientific standards and the rise in scientific politics. This lively and important challenge to conventional wisdom is accessible to the general reader and makes a stimulating addition to courses on the history and philosophy of science, evolution and physical anthropology.

The Hobbit Trap - How New Species Are Invented (Paperback, 2nd edition): Maciej Henneberg, Robert B Eckhardt, John Schofield The Hobbit Trap - How New Species Are Invented (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Maciej Henneberg, Robert B Eckhardt, John Schofield
R1,230 Discovery Miles 12 300 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

When scientists found the remains of a tiny hominid on an Indonesian in 2004, they claimed they found a totally new species of human ancestor (homo floresiensis), and called it a Hobbit. Film crews rolled in and the little creature took the world by storm, but a group of prominent scientists, including Maciej Henneberg and Robert Eckhardt, smelled a rat. They refuted the data--the size and shape of bones, the inferences about height--and they raised fundamental questions about scientific method, revealing cultural and political pressures that lead to the wide acceptance of unsupported theories. The Hobbit Trap describes how the case against the "new species" theory developed and offers an important critique of the species concept in evolution. In this thoroughly updated second edition, the authors include new data and analysis of the Flores fossils, and expand their important analysis of scientific practice, calling for a new movement to reverse the decline in scientific standards and the rise in scientific politics. This lively and important challenge to conventional wisdom is accessible to the general reader and makes a stimulating addition to courses on the history and philosophy of science, evolution and physical anthropology.

Dynamic Human (Paperback): Arthur Saniotis, Maciej Henneberg Dynamic Human (Paperback)
Arthur Saniotis, Maciej Henneberg
R2,341 R2,177 Discovery Miles 21 770 Save R164 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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