J. Kalb Adventures in the Bone Trade The Race to Discover Ancestors in ’s Afar Depression

▶ Kalb is an expert on the Afar Depression, having studied the area for nearly 30 years, and he was co-founder of the expedition that discovered ▶ The viewpoint here is very contrary to the standard accounts of expeditions in the Afar, revealing many of the personalities and conflicts within the search teams, including an assailing assessment of Donald Johanson ▶ This is the first book to cover the geology and natural history of this important region ▶ It sets the research in its historical and political context: the 2001, XV, 389 p. 42 illus. fascinating, often brutal world of Haile Sellassie' s Ethiopia and its aftermath

Printed book Over the past 25 years, a stream of fossil and artifact discoveries in the Afar Depression of Hardcover Ethiopia has produced the longest single record of human ancestors in the world. Many of ▶ 27,99 € | £24.99 | $34.99 the fossils found in this region are the missing links leading to modern . This book ▶ *29,95 € (D) | 30,79 € (A) | CHF 33.00 chronicles the exploration of this unique desert area, focusing especially on the when the valley was mapped and many fossils and archeological sites were discovered. eBook The author gives his personal account of the 25 years he spent researching the region.

Available from your bookstore or As co-founder of the team that discovered Lucy, Jon Kalb has first-hand knowledge of ▶ springer.com/shop the research that was involved in the findings of this region and of the intense rivalry that has accompanied those findings. He discusses the political drama of Ethiopia and the MyCopy effects this chaos had on the Afar. This book covers the scientific discoveries of the area, the author's own explorations and findings, and the political struggles involved with these Printed eBook for just discoveries. ▶ € | $ 24.99 ▶ springer.com/mycopy

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