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020			_a9781426218118 (hardback)
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100	1		_aBerger, Lee, _d1965- _eauthor. _0(DLC)n 00093504
245	1	0	_aAlmost human : _bthe astonishing tale of homo naledi and the discovery that changed our human story / _cLee R. Berger and John Hawks.
263			_a1703
264		1	_aWashington, D.C. : _bNational Geographic, _c2017.
264		1	_a[Place of publication not identified] : _b[Publisher not identified], _c2017.
300			_a239pages 22cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
380			_aBook _2tlcgt
385			_aGeneral _2tlctarget
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a"This first-person narrative about an archaeological discovery is rewriting the story of human evolution. A story of defiance and determination by a controversial scientist, this is Lee Berger's own take on finding Homo naledi, an all-new species on the human family tree and one of the greatest discoveries of the 21st century. In 2013, Berger, a National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence, caught wind of a cache of bones in a hard-to-reach underground cave in South Africa. He put out a call around the world for petite collaborators--men and women small and adventurous enough to be able to squeeze through 8-inch tunnels to reach a sunless cave 40 feet underground. With this team of "underground astronauts," Berger made the discovery of a lifetime: hundreds of prehistoric bones, including entire skeletons of at least 15 individuals, all perhaps two million years old. Their features combined those of known prehominids like Lucy, the famous Australopithecus, with those more human than anything ever before seen in prehistoric remains. Berger's team had discovered an all new species, and they called it Homo naledi. The cave quickly proved to be the richest primitive hominid site ever discovered, full of implications that shake the very foundation of how we define what makes us human. Did this species come before, during, or after the emergence of Homo sapiens on our evolutionary tree? How did the cave come to contain nothing but the remains of these individuals? Did they bury their dead? If so, they must have had a level of self-knowledge, including an awareness of death. And yet those are the very characteristics used to define what makes us human. Did an equally advanced species inhabit Earth with us, or before us? Berger does not hesitate to address all these questions. Berger is a charming and controversial figure, and some colleagues question his interpretation of this and other finds. But in these pages, this charismatic and visionary paleontologist counters
520			_atheir arguments and tells his personal story: a rich and readable narrative about science, exploration, and what it means to be human"-- _cProvided by publisher.
520			_a"A story of defiance and determination by a controversial scientist, this is Lee Berger's own take on finding Homo naledi, an all-new species on the human family tree and one of the greatest discoveries of the 21st century. In 2013, Lee Berger, a National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence, caught wind of a cache of bones in a hard-to-reach underground cave in South Africa. He put out a call around the world for petite collaborators--men and women small and adventurous enough to be able to squeeze through 8-inch tunnels to reach a sunless cave 40 feet underground. With this team of "underground astronauts," Berger made the discovery of a lifetime: hundreds of prehistoric bones, including entire skeletons of at least 15 individuals, all perhaps two million years old. Their features combined those of known prehominids like Lucy, the famous Australopithecus, with those more human than anything ever before seen in prehistoric remains. Berger's team had discovered an all new species, and they called it Homo naledi. The cave quickly proved to be the richest primitive hominid site ever discovered, full of implications that shake the very foundation of how we define what makes us human. Did this species come before, during, or after the emergence of Homo sapiens on our evolutionary tree? How did the cave come to contain nothing but the remains of these individuals? Did they bury their dead? If so, they must have had a level of self-knowledge, including an awareness of death. And yet those are the very characteristics used to define what makes us human. Did an equally advanced species inhabit Earth with us, or before us? Berger does not hesitate to address all these questions"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aHomo naledi. _0(DLC)sh2016002847
650		0	_aHuman beings _xOrigin. _0(DLC)sh 85080301
650		0	_aHuman beings _xEvolution. _0(DLC)sh 85080292
650		0	_aHuman remains (Archaeology) _zSouth Africa _zWitwatersrand Region. _0(DLC)sh 92003545
650		7	_aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Physical. _2bisacsh _0(local)tlcaut2361709595200
650		7	_aHISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries. _2bisacsh _0(local)tlcaut1022800461850200
650		7	_aSCIENCE / Paleontology. _2bisacsh _0(local)tlcaut1028851582910000
700	1		_aHawks, John _eauthor. _q(John David) _0(DLC)no2010173946
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