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Author : Elisa Sandoval-Seres
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781485628972
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (289 download)
Download or read book Where Is Naledi? written by Elisa Sandoval-Seres and published by . This book was released on 2019-11 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Barbara Welker
Publisher : Open SUNY Textbooks
ISBN 13 : 9781942341413
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (414 download)
Download or read book The History of Our Tribe written by Barbara Welker and published by Open SUNY Textbooks. This book was released on 2017-01-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where did we come from? What were our ancestors like? Why do we differ from other animals? How do scientists trace and construct our evolutionary history? The Evolution of Our Tribe: Hominini provides answers to these questions and more. The book explores the field of paleoanthropology past and present. Beginning over 65 million years ago, Welker traces the evolution of our species, the environments and selective forces that shaped our ancestors, their physical and cultural adaptations, and the people and places involved with their discovery and study. It is designed as a textbook for a course on Human Evolution but can also serve as an introductory text for relevant sections of courses in Biological or General Anthropology or general interest. It is both a comprehensive technical reference for relevant terms, theories, methods, and species and an overview of the people, places, and discoveries that have imbued paleoanthropology with such fascination, romance, and mystery.
Author : Edmund Kayombo
Publisher : Heinemann
ISBN 13 : 9780435895013
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (95 download)
Download or read book Where is Naledi? written by Edmund Kayombo and published by Heinemann. This book was released on 2002 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part of a series of readers for young African students and consisting of stories from all over Africa, the Level 1 starters are picture books for children who have just begun to read for themselves.
Author : Lee Berger
Publisher : Disney Electronic Content
ISBN 13 : 1426218125
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (262 download)
Download or read book Almost Human written by Lee Berger and published by Disney Electronic Content. This book was released on 2017-05-09 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This first-person narrative about an archaeological discovery is rewriting the story of human evolution. A story of defiance and determination by a controversial scientist, this is Lee Berger's own take on finding Homo naledi, an all-new species on the human family tree and one of the greatest discoveries of the 21st century. In 2013, Berger, a National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence, caught wind of a cache of bones in a hard-to-reach underground cave in South Africa. He put out a call around the world for petite collaborators—men and women small and adventurous enough to be able to squeeze through 8-inch tunnels to reach a sunless cave 40 feet underground. With this team of "underground astronauts," Berger made the discovery of a lifetime: hundreds of prehistoric bones, including entire skeletons of at least 15 individuals, all perhaps two million years old. Their features combined those of known prehominids like Lucy, the famousAustralopithecus, with those more human than anything ever before seen in prehistoric remains. Berger's team had discovered an all new species, and they called it Homo naledi. The cave quickly proved to be the richest prehominid site ever discovered, full of implications that shake the very foundation of how we define what makes us human. Did this species come before, during, or after the emergence of Homo sapiens on our evolutionary tree? How did the cave come to contain nothing but the remains of these individuals? Did they bury their dead? If so, they must have had a level of self-knowledge, including an awareness of death. And yet those are the very characteristics used to define what makes us human. Did an equally advanced species inhabit Earth with us, or before us? Berger does not hesitate to address all these questions. Berger is a charming and controversial figure, and some colleagues question his interpretation of this and other finds. But in these pages, this charismatic and visionary paleontologist counters their arguments and tells his personal story: a rich and readable narrative about science, exploration, and what it means to be human.
Author : Kagiso Lesego Molope
Publisher : Mawenzi House Publishers Limited
ISBN 13 : 9781988449296
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (492 download)
Download or read book This Book Betrays My Brother written by Kagiso Lesego Molope and published by Mawenzi House Publishers Limited. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All her life, Naledi has been in awe of Basi, her charming and outgoing older brother. Their childhood was filled with jokes and secrets, alliances, and stories about the community. Having reached thirteen, she is preparing to go to the school dance when she sees Basi commit a rape. When the girl is shamed by the community, but Basi is portrayed as the victim, everything Naledi believes comes into question. -- adapted from back cover and online reviews
Author : Marc Aronson
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 1426310102
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (263 download)
Download or read book The Skull in the Rock written by Marc Aronson and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the story behind one of the most significant archaeological discoveries of all time, explaining its significance for understanding human evolution and how it is shaping the thinking of the scientific community.
Author : Beverley Naidoo
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780008726478
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (264 download)
Download or read book Journey to Jo'Burg written by Beverley Naidoo and published by . This book was released on 2025-04-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Nelda LaTeef
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789988647469
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (474 download)
Download or read book Animal Village written by Nelda LaTeef and published by . This book was released on 2017-10-22 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Christopher Rupe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780981631677
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (316 download)
Download or read book Contested Bones written by Christopher Rupe and published by . This book was released on 2017-09-29 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contested Bones is the result of four years of intense research into the primary scientific literature concerning those bones that are thought to represent transitional forms between ape and man. This book's title reflects the surprising reality that all the famous "hominin" bones continue to be fiercely contested today--even within the field of paleoanthropology. This work is unique in that it is the most comprehensive, systematic, and up-to-date book available that critically examines the major claims about the various hominin fossils. Even though the topic is technical, the book is accessible for a broad audience and is reported to be engaging even for nontechnical people. Contested Bones provides new insights regarding the history of paleoanthropology, and the sequence of discoveries that bring us up to the current state of confusion within the field. The authors provide alternative interpretations of the hominin species. Surprisingly, the conclusions of the authors consistently find strong support from various experts within the field. This book addresses a wide variety of important topics... "Which, if any, of the species gave rise to man?" "Did 'Lucy's' kind walk upright like modern humans or did they live among the trees like ordinary apes?" "Was 'Ardi' the earliest human ancestor?" "Were 'Erectus' and the newly discovered 'Naledi' sub-human or were they fully human?" "What are the implications of the growing evidence that shows man coexisted with the australopithecine apes?" "Are the dating method consistently reliable?" "What does the latest genetic evidence reveal?" "Can we be certain that man evolved from an australopith ape?" Contested Bones brings clarity to a fascinating but complex subject, and offers refreshing new insights into how the pieces of the puzzle fit together.
Author : Michael Battle
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 1646980085
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (469 download)
Download or read book Desmond Tutu written by Michael Battle and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2021-03-16 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first biography of its kind about Desmond Tutu, this book introduces readers to Tutu's spiritual life and examines how it shaped his commitment to restorative justice and reconciliation. Desmond Tutu was a pivotal leader of the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa and remains a beloved and important emblem of peace and justice around the world. Even those who do not know the major events of Tutu’s life—receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984, serving as the first black archbishop of Cape Town and primate of Southern Africa from 1986–1996, and chairing the Truth and Reconciliation Commission from 1995–1998—recognize him as a charismatic political and religious leader who helped facilitate the liberation of oppressed peoples from the ravages of colonialism. But the inner landscape of Tutu’s spirituality, the mystical grounding that spurred his outward accomplishments, often goes unseen. Rather than recount his entire life story, this book explores Tutu’s spiritual life and contemplative practices—particularly Tutu’s understanding of Ubuntu theology, which emphasizes finding one’s identity in community—and traces the powerful role they played in subverting the theological and spiritual underpinnings of apartheid. Michael Battle’s personal relationship with Tutu grants readers an inside view of how Tutu’s spiritual agency cast a vision that both upheld the demands of justice and created space to synthesize the stark differences of a diverse society. Battle also suggests that North Americans have much to learn from Tutu’s leadership model as they confront religious and political polarization in their own context.
Author : Jasper Knight
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107055792
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Quaternary Environmental Change in Southern Africa written by Jasper Knight and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-06-23 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a benchmark study of southern African landscape evolution during the Quaternary, for researchers, professionals and policymakers.
Author : Dudu Busani-Dube
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (13 download)
Download or read book Naledi - His Love written by Dudu Busani-Dube and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Unity Dow
Publisher : Spinifex Press
ISBN 13 : 9781876756482
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (564 download)
Download or read book The Heavens May Fall written by Unity Dow and published by Spinifex Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unity Dow's fourth novel tells the story of Naledi Chaba, a young attorney who has to battle prejudices within the legal profession and in the broader society. Her clients are mainly women and children, and she finds that under traditional law and modern Botswana law they are without protection.
Author : Amos van der Merwe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781781556597
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (565 download)
Download or read book Vital Remains written by Amos van der Merwe and published by . This book was released on 2018-01-04 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the dark years of apartheid, a boy grew up in a household with a terrible secret: although they were all of mixed origins, they had managed to `pass as white'. Young Winston Wicomb, however, was far too dark to fit in, and had to be hidden whenever someone knocked on their door. After struggling through school and even managing to obtain a university degree, he still remained unemployed due to his skin colour. To make ends meet, he serviced cars in their backyard, but never stopped dreaming about escaping the restraints of Apartheid. Then fate intervened. While distributing pamphlets advertising his mechanical skills, he found Professor Chris Barnard stranded next to the road. He offered to help even though he had no experience with the new Mercedes the professor drove. Barnard, surprised at the success of Winston's efforts and impulsive as ever, offered Winston a job in his research lab. It is here that Winston applied his knowledge and experience of matters mechanical to eventually produce the world's first apparatus to transport a living heart over long distances. `Vital Remains' tells to story of an unlikely hero, a huge risk, achievement ... and love."--
Author : Alexander McCall Smith
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 1400079411
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Kalahari Typing School for Men written by Alexander McCall Smith and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2004-06-08 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fans around the world adore the bestselling No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series and its proprietor, Precious Ramotswe, Botswana’s premier lady detective. In this charming series, Mma Ramotswe—with help from her loyal associate, Grace Makutsi—navigates her cases and her personal life with wisdom, good humor, and the occasional cup of tea. Mma Precious Ramotswe is content. Her business is well established with many satisfied customers, and in her mid-thirties (“the finest age to be”) she has a house, two adopted children, a fine fiancé. But, as always, there are troubles. Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni has not set the date for their marriage. Her able assistant, Mma Makutsi, wants a husband. And worse, a rival detective agency has opened in town—an agency that does not have the gentle approach to business that Mma Ramotswe’s does. But, of course, Precious will manage these things, as she always does, with her uncanny insight and her good heart.
Author : Louise Humphrey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780565093914
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (939 download)
Download or read book Our Human Story written by Louise Humphrey and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our Human Story is a guide to our fossil relatives, from what may be the earliest hominins such as Sahelanthropus, dating back six to seven million years, through to our own species, Homo sapiens. Over the past 25 years there has been an explosion of species' names in the story of human evolution, due both to new discoveries and to a growing understanding of the diversity that existed in the past. Drawing on this new information, as well as their own considerable expertise and practical experience, Louise Humphrey and Chris Stringer explain in clear and accessible language what each of the key species represents, and how it contributes to our knowledge of human evolution.
Author : Kermit Pattison
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 006241030X
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (624 download)
Download or read book Fossil Men written by Kermit Pattison and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-11-10 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Riveting. ... Pattison's uncanny ability [is] to write evocatively about science. ... In this, he is every bit as good as the best scientist writers." —New York Times Book Review (Editors' Choice) "Brilliant. ... A work of staggering depth." —Minneapolis Star Tribune A decade in the making, Fossil Men is a scientific detective story played out in anatomy and the natural history of the human body: the first full-length account of the discovery of a startlingly unpredicted human ancestor more than a million years older than Lucy It is the ultimate mystery: where do we come from? In 1994, a team led by fossil-hunting legend Tim White uncovered a set of ancient bones in Ethiopia’s Afar region. Radiometric dating of nearby rocks indicated the resulting skeleton, classified as Ardipithecus ramidus—nicknamed “Ardi”—was an astounding 4.4 million years old, more than a million years older than the world-famous “Lucy.” The team spent the next 15 years studying the bones in strict secrecy, all while continuing to rack up landmark fossil discoveries in the field and becoming increasingly ensnared in bitter disputes with scientific peers and Ethiopian bureaucrats. When finally revealed to the public, Ardi stunned scientists around the world and challenged a half-century of orthodoxy about human evolution—how we started walking upright, how we evolved our nimble hands, and, most significantly, whether we were descended from an ancestor that resembled today’s chimpanzee. But the discovery of Ardi wasn’t just a leap forward in understanding the roots of humanity--it was an attack on scientific convention and the leading authorities of human origins, triggering an epic feud about the oldest family skeleton. In Fossil Men, acclaimed journalist Kermit Pattison brings us a cast of eccentric, obsessive scientists, including White, an uncompromising perfectionist whose virtuoso skills in the field were matched only by his propensity for making enemies; Gen Suwa, a Japanese savant whose deep expertise about teeth rivaled anyone on Earth; Owen Lovejoy, a onetime creationist-turned-paleoanthropologist with radical insights into human locomotion; Berhane Asfaw, who survived imprisonment and torture to become Ethiopia’s most senior paleoanthropologist; Don Johanson, the discoverer of Lucy, who had a rancorous falling out with the Ardi team; and the Leakeys, for decades the most famous family in paleoanthropology. Based on a half-decade of research in Africa, Europe and North America, Fossil Men is not only a brilliant investigation into the origins of the human lineage, but the oldest of human emotions: curiosity, jealousy, perseverance and wonder.
