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A Search for Origins : Science, history and South Africa's 'Cradle of Humankind' /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Jenkins, Trefor, M.D, Esterhuysen, Amanda, Bonner, P. L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Johannesburg : Wits University Press, 2007.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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245 0 2 |a A Search for Origins :   |b Science, history and South Africa's 'Cradle of Humankind' /   |c edited by Philip Bonner, Amanda Esterhuysen, Trefor Jenkins. 
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (279-293) and index. 
505 0 |a Part 1. Africa is seldom what it seems. Introduction / Philip Bonner ; White South Africa and the South Africanisation of science : humankind or kinds of humans? / Saul Dubow -- Part 2. Fossils and genes : a new anthropology of evolution. Introduction / Trefor Jenkins ; A history of South African palaeoanthropology / Kevin Kuykendall and Goran Štrkalj ; Fossil hominids of the 'Cradle of Humankind' / Kevin Kuykendall ; Unravelling the history of modern humans in Southern Africa : the contribution of genetic studies / Himla Soodyall and Trefor Jenkins ; Fossil plants from the 'Cradle of Humankind' / Marion Bamford -- Part 3. The emerging Stone Age. Introduction / Amanda Esterhuysen ; The earlier Stone Age / Amanda Esterhuysen ; The middle Stone Age and later Stone Age / Lyn Wadley ; Rock engravings in the Magaliesberg Valley / David Pearce -- Part 4. The myth of the vacant land. Introduction / Philip Bonner ; The early Iron Age at Broederstroom and around the 'Cradle of Humankind' / Thomas N. Huffman ; Tswana history in the Bankenveld / Simon Hall ; The early Boer Republics : changing political forces in the 'Cradle of Humankind', 1830s to 1890s / Jane Carruthers -- Part 5. The racial paradox : Sterkfontein, Smuts and segregation. Introduction / Philip Bonner ; The legacy of gold / Philip Bonner ; The story of Sterkfontein since 1895 / Phillip V. Tobias ; The South African War of 1899-1902 in the 'Cradle of Humankind' / Vincent Carruthers ; White South Africa's 'weak sons' : poor whites and the Hartebeespoort Dam / Tim Clynick -- Epilogue. Voice of politics, voice of science : politics and science after 1945 / Philip Bonner, Amanda Esterhuysen and Trefor Jenkins. 
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