Screen LibraryThe bone readers：science and politics in human origins research
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Left Coast Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Walnut Creek, Calif. |
| Publication Dates: | c2009. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | viii, 256 p., [8] p. of plates: ill. (some col.), col. map ; 23 cm. |
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9781598744750 (pbk.) 1598744755 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | Q983 |
| CLC: | Q983 |
| Call Number: | Q983/T926 |
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Originally published: The bone readers : atoms, genes and the politics of Australia's deep past. Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2009 Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-245) and index. Junette -- Landfall. Timelords and god-scientists ; Heat and light ; Mungo Lady gets date ; Stairway to heaven -- Extinction. The melée ; Inside Geny's eggshell ; Frank the Diprotodon ; Silicon beasts ; New world order ; Blast from the past ; Bison ; Cosmic impact ; Cool science, hot politics ; Extinction science -- Origins. Gene wars ; Roots ; Hobbit ; Neanderthal ; 'Vampire' project ; Back to country. "Who owns the past? Scientists are reconstructing human prehistory with ever more refined techniques at a time when Indigenous people are demanding ownership of it, and when many archaeologists are challenging the primacy of scientific evidence. 'The bone readers' examines the most controversial issues in Australian pre-history. With a razor sharp eye and a fine sense of irony, the authors explain which hypotheses don't have legs and expose the implications for the politics of the present. |