THE WISDOM OF BONES - In search of human origins - The search for the 'missing link' between apes and humans has intrigued anthropologists and the layman alike. In 1984 in Kenya, Alan Walker discovered the most complete skeleton of an early human ancestor ever found - the 'Nariokotome Boy'. More than 1'5 million years old, this skeleton revealed more than any other about our past. Instead of a human trapped in an ape body, Walker and his team found an animal in a human body - anatomical evidence revealed that the Boy was speechless, contradicting the accepted wisdom that language marks the origin of mankind.

Condition: Fair - Authors: Alan Walker & Pat Shipman - Publisher: Phoenix - Pages: 270