A new human : the startling discovery and strange story of the "hobbits" of Flores, Indonesia / Mike Morwood and Penny van Oosterzee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morwood, M. J. (Mike J.)

Contributor:

Van Oosterzee, Penny.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fossil hominids--Indonesia--Flores Island.

Fossil hominids.

Fossil hominids--Australia--Kimberley (W.A.).

Human remains (Archaeology).

Excavations (Archaeology).

Pygmies.

Australia.

Pygmies--Indonesia--Flores Island.

Pygmies--Australia--Kimberley (W.A.).

Human beings--Migrations.

Human beings.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Indonesia--Flores Island.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Australia--Kimberley (W.A.).

Human remains (Archaeology)--Indonesia--Flores Island.

Human remains (Archaeology)--Australia--Kimberley (W.A.).

Flores Island (Indonesia)--Antiquities.

Flores Island (Indonesia).

Kimberley (W.A.)--Antiquities.

Kimberley (W.A.).

Indonesia--Flores Island.

Physical Description:

xiii, 256 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Edition:

First Smithsonian Books edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Smithsonian Books/Collins, 2007.

Summary:

Morwood's discovery of an extinct people on the Indonesian island of Flores challenged long-held views about where and how humans evolved. Informative and entertaining, "A New Human" is an accessible introduction to a contentious debate over what it means to be human.

Contents:

1 In the Footsteps of the Father 1

2 Stories from Cold Cave 31

3 Planning the Project 56

4 A Body of Evidence 79

5 The Devil of Dogma 100

6 Out of Asia 117

7 Islands in the Evolutionary Stream 154

8 The Reaction 183

9 Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue 210.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [251]-256).

ISBN:

9780060899080

0060899085

OCLC:

76481584