American Museum of Natural History emeritus curator Ian Tattersall recounts the surprising twists and turns in our understanding of our biological past.
Ian Tattersall is Curator Emeritus in the Division of Anthropology of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. The author of many books, including the widely praised Masters of the Planet, he is often interviewed about human evolution in the media and speaks around the world. He is the winner of numerous awards, and lives in Greenwich Village.
"An opinionated, authoritative, and delightfully provocative account of efforts to make sense of human fossil discoveries." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Though a very personal account, this is superb science history." --Booklist (starred review) "Highlights the controversial ideas and colorful personalities that have shaped paleoanthropology and given rise to our current understanding of how we became human." --Scientific American "Out-lines the history of thought on human evolution clearly and insightfully...an interesting critical evaluation of how palaeoanthropology has developed." --Nature "Traces the contingencies, false starts, and diversity of opinions that have characterized the intellectual history of paleoanthropology from Darwin to today...History, Tattersall reminds us, defines who we think we are." --Science "One of the most engaging and thought-provoking books on human evolution of recent times." --Simon Underdown, Times Higher Education
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