Description: Further DetailsTitle: Cave of BonesCondition: NewSubtitle: A True Story of Discovery, Adventure, and Human OriginsISBN-10: 1426223889EAN: 9781426223884ISBN: 9781426223884Publisher: National Geographic SocietyFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 08/08/2023Description: In the summer of 2022, Lee Berger lost 50 pounds in order to wriggle though impossibly small openings in the Rising Star cave complex in South Africa—spaces where his team has been unearthing the remains of Homo naledi, a proto-human likely to have coexisted with Homo sapiens some 250,000 years ago. The lead researcher on the site, still Berger had never made his way into the dark, cramped, dangerous underground spaces where many of the naledi fossils had been found. Now he was ready to do so. Once inside the cave, Berger made shocking new discoveries that expanded his understanding of this early hominid—discoveries that stand to alter our fundamental understanding of what makes us human. Distinctly shaped depressions containing a fossil bones appear to be burial graves. Bits of charcoal and blackened rock ceilings point to the deliberate use of fire; charred animal bones suggest fire used for cooking. A stone hidden in among a naledi skeleton has a shape similar to Neanderthal tools. All have been previously known as uniquely defined characteristics of Homo sapiens. So what does it all mean?Join Berger on the adventure of a lifetime as he explores the Rising Star cave system and begins the complicated process of explaining these extraordinary finds—finds that force a rethinking of human evolution, and discoveries that Berger calls 'the Rosetta stone of the human mind.'Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 236mmItem Length: 158mmItem Width: 25mmItem Weight: 567gAuthor: Lee Berger, John HawksGenre: BiographyTopic: Science Nature & MathRelease Year: 2023 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Cave of Bones
Title: Cave of Bones
Subtitle: A True Story of Discovery, Adventure, and Human Origins
ISBN-10: 1426223889
EAN: 9781426223884
ISBN: 9781426223884
Release Date: 08/08/2023
Release Year: 2023
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Book Title: Cave of Bones : a True Story of Discovery, Adventure, and Human Origins
Number of Pages: 240 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Disney Publishing Worldwide
Topic: Archaeology, Life Sciences / Evolution, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Anthropology / General
Publication Year: 2023
Item Height: 1 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Social Science, Science
Item Weight: 20 oz
Item Length: 9.3 in
Author: Lee Berger, John Hawks
Item Width: 6.2 in
Format: Hardcover
