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Men among the mammoths : Victorian science and the discovery of human prehistory / A. Bowdoin Van Riper.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Van Riper, A. Bowdoin.
- Series:
- Science and its conceptual foundations
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Prehistoric peoples--Great Britain.
- Prehistoric peoples.
- Human evolution.
- Philosophy.
- Paleontology.
- History.
- Anthropology, Prehistoric.
- Archaeology.
- Great Britain.
- Archaeology--Great Britain--History--19th century.
- Anthropology, Prehistoric--Great Britain--History--19th century.
- Paleontology--Great Britain--History--19th century.
- Human evolution--Great Britain--Philosophy.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 267 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1993.
- Summary:
- Van Riper recreates scientists' first arguments for human antiquity, placing these debates within the context of Victorian science. Using field notes, scientific reports, and previously unpublished letters, he shows also how the study of human prehistory brought together geologists, archeologists, and anthropologists in their first interdisciplinary scientific effort. A vivid account of how the discovery of human antiquity forced Victorians to redefine their assumptions about human evolution and the relationship of science to Christianity.
- Notes:
- Revision of thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin, 1990.
- Includes bibliographical references (page) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0226849910
- OCLC:
- 27814072
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