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- catalog abstract ""The authors take us on a journey to the Indonesian island of Java, where Curtis and Swisher made two important discoveries: first, that human ancestors left the Cradle of Man-kind - the African continent - and migrated east almost two million years ago, much earlier than anthropologists had believed, and second, that Homo Erectus might have survived until as late as 27,000 years ago, suggesting that Homo Erectus actually coexisted with Homo sapiens and was probably not an evolutionary precursor. Their findings not only destroy the straight line of human evolution, but also call into question the inevitability of the evolution of Homo sapiens." "Eventually, politics and a lack of funding find their way into the story, providing a realistic, if unfortunate, look at the travails that accompany scientific discovery. Swisher's and Curtis's findings are often met with skepticism, and their scientific methods are called into question. But conviction and determination lead them to conclusions that not only redefine their field but raise philosophical questions about what it means to be human."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11966036.
- catalog contributor b11966037.
- catalog contributor b11966038.
- catalog coverage "Indonesia.".
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description ""The authors take us on a journey to the Indonesian island of Java, where Curtis and Swisher made two important discoveries: first, that human ancestors left the Cradle of Man-kind - the African continent - and migrated east almost two million years ago, much earlier than anthropologists had believed, and second, that Homo Erectus might have survived until as late as 27,000 years ago, suggesting that Homo Erectus actually coexisted with Homo sapiens and was probably not an evolutionary precursor. Their findings not only destroy the straight line of human evolution, but also call into question the inevitability of the evolution of Homo sapiens." "Eventually, politics and a lack of funding find their way into the story, providing a realistic, if unfortunate, look at the travails that accompany scientific discovery. Swisher's and Curtis's findings are often met with skepticism, and their scientific methods are called into question. But conviction and determination lead them to conclusions that not only redefine their field but raise philosophical questions about what it means to be human."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-244) and index.".
- catalog description "Tales a Child Can Tell -- The Road to Trinil -- On to Mojokerto -- The Lure of the Missing Link -- Dubois's Story: Link No Longer Missing -- The Child Has a Date -- Rocky Marriage, Painful Separation -- On the Cusp of Humanity -- A Change of Body -- A Change of Mind -- The Origin of Modern Humans -- Headhunters at Ngandong -- Facing the Inescapable.".
- catalog extent "256 p., [8] p. pf plates ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Java man.".
- catalog identifier "0684800004".
- catalog isFormatOf "Java man.".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Scribner,".
- catalog relation "Java man.".
- catalog spatial "Indonesia".
- catalog spatial "Indonesia.".
- catalog subject "2000 N-338".
- catalog subject "599.93/8 21".
- catalog subject "Anthropology Indonesia History.".
- catalog subject "Anthropology history.".
- catalog subject "Biological Evolution Indonesia.".
- catalog subject "Biological Evolution.".
- catalog subject "GN 284.6 S979j 2000".
- catalog subject "GN284.6 .S85 2000".
- catalog subject "Geochronometry.".
- catalog subject "Human evolution.".
- catalog subject "Java man.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Tales a Child Can Tell -- The Road to Trinil -- On to Mojokerto -- The Lure of the Missing Link -- Dubois's Story: Link No Longer Missing -- The Child Has a Date -- Rocky Marriage, Painful Separation -- On the Cusp of Humanity -- A Change of Body -- A Change of Mind -- The Origin of Modern Humans -- Headhunters at Ngandong -- Facing the Inescapable.".
- catalog title "Java man : how two geologists' dramatic discoveries changed our understanding of the evolutionary path to modern humans / Carl C. Swisher III, Garniss H. Curtis, Roger Lewin.".
- catalog type "text".