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Every Bone Tells a Story : : Hominin Discoveries, Deductions, and Debates

Rubalcaba, Jill. Book - 2010 None on shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 4.7 out of 5

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Turkana Boy -- Lapedo Child -- Kennewick Man -- Iceman.
When did language begin? How did early humans populate the globe? By looking closely at four of the most significant hominins ever discovered, the authors explain how Turkana Boy, Lapedo Child, Kennewick Man, and Iceman have influenced debates about the nature of the earliest members of the family Hominidae.

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Hominids for middle graders submitted by LibraryMaven on June 16, 2014, 8:23pm This upper middle school/ high school nonfiction book emphasizes the slow, careful work in the lab that goes into modern archaeology and moves away from the image of the Indiana Jones-like figure in four cases studies of important finds in the tree of human evolution. Each case study is laid out in four chapters: discovery, deductions, debates, and further reading and source notes, allowing readers to read about all four discoveries or just one. Throughout, the need for team work and preservation is emphasized. Every Bone Tells a Story is refreshingly honest about the shortfalls of modern archaeology: each case study leaves the reader with some thus-far unanswered questions. However, rather than feeling incomplete, the reader may be encouraged to find more information on their own, although some student researchers may be disappointed by the lack of closure. A time line of the discoveries and human history is included, as is a glossary. Student researchers will find this book a helpful starting place, while many nonfiction readers may read it for pleasure. Color illustrations are thoughtfully included throughout. Highly recommended.

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PUBLISHED
Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, c2010.
Year Published: 2010
Description: 185 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

READING LEVEL
Lexile: 1010

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781580891646 (reinforced) :
1580891640 (reinforced) :
9781580891653 (softcover)
1580891659 (softcover)

ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Robertshaw, Peter.

SUBJECTS
Fossil hominids.
Human remains (Archaeology)
Prehistoric peoples.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Archaeology -- Case studies.
Archaeologists -- Biography.
Archaeology -- Philosophy.