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| #5246639 in Books | 2000-04-27 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | .70 x5.26 x8.27l,1.10 | File type: PDF | 216 pages||16 of 18 people found the following review helpful.| Good social background, poor science|By P. Shipman|As a science writer and paleoanthropologist, I was excited to see a new treatment of the Peking Man fossil discoveries, which are intriguing, important, and wonderfully mysterious. The author does a nice job of recounting the many familiar old stories about Peking Man and its tragic loss during the Japanese invasion of China,|About the Author|Penny van Oosterzee is an ecologist and science writer. Two-time winner of the Eureka Science Book Prize, she is one of Australia's best science writers.
Men killed for them, stole for them, and died for them. "Dragon bones," coveted throughout China for their medicinal powers, are in reality animal fossils, ground down and sold through back-street Chinese apothecaries. Yet at one time these "dragon bones" proved more valuable than anyone had imagined, for they led to the unearthing of one of the most famous hominid fossils of all time-Peking Man. The Peking Man fossils were the first convincing evidence that humans ...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Dragon Bones | Penny Van Oosterzee.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.
