Bones of Contention

Controversies in the Search for Human Origins

By: Roger Lewin

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Paperback | 16 August 1997 | Edition Number 1

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Bones of Contention is a behind-the-scenes look at the search for human origins.
Analyzing how the biases and preconceptions of paleoanthropologists shaped their work,
Roger Lewin's detective stories about the discovery of Neanderthal Man, the Taung Child,
Lucy, and other major fossils provide insight into this most subjective of scientific endeavors.
The new afterword looks at ways in which paleoanthropology, while becoming more scientific
in many ways, remains contentious.

"[An] un-put-downable book."--John Gribbon, Times Educational Supplement

"Not just another 'stones and bones' account of human evolution. It is Lewin's thesis, amply
demonstrated, that paleoanthropology is the most subjective of sciences because it engages
the emotions of virtually everyone; and since the evidence is scrappy, interpretation is
everything. . . . A splendid, stirring, and eye-opening account, to be devoured."--Kirkus
Reviews, starred review

"[Lewin shows] 'how very unscientific the process of scientific inquiry can be.'. . . Bones of
Contention is . . . serious intellectual history."--Edward Dolnick, Wall Street
Journal

"[Lewin] documents his thesis in persuasive detail. . . . The reader is carried along by the
power of Mr. Lewin's reporting."--Robert Wright, New York Times Book Review

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Acknowledgments
Bones of Contention
The Storytellers
The Taung Child: Rejection
The Taung Child: Acceptance
Rama's Ape: Resurrected
Rama's Ape: Destroyed
The Leakeys: Father
The Leakeys: Son
The KBS Tuff Controversy: Genesis
The KBS Tuff Controversy: Denouement
Lucy: The Naming
Lucy: The Response
Man's Place in Nature
Afterword
Notes
Index
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