Tobias in conversation
genes, fossils and anthropology
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Author
Contributions
- Štrkalj, Goran. - Contributor
- Dugard, Jane. - Contributor
Publication
2008 - Wits University Press, Johannesburg, South Africa, South Africa
Language
English
Word Count
82,500 words, Guess
Page Count
330 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-101868144771
- ISBN-139781868144778
- Goodreads7002446
- Library of Congress Control Number2009451477
- OCLC Control Number277024677
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL23626672M
Classifications
- DDC569.9092
- LCCGN50.6.T63 A5 2008
Description
Based on a collection of interviews with Tobias over a period of six years, on topics such as research into the physical anthropology of living peoples; studies of mammalian chromosomes; an invitation from Louis and Mary Leakey to describe all the hominid fossils they discovered; the identification, description and naming of Homo habilis; re-opening of the Sterkfontein fossil site in 1966; Tobias's political activism and medical ethics; and his personal philosophy concerning religion and evolution.
Subjects
Topics
Genres
- Interviews
- Biography
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