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Dragon Bone Hill
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Author : Noel T. Boaz
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2004-02-16
Dragon Bone Hill written by Noel T. Boaz and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-02-16 with Science categories.
"Peking Man," a cave man once thought a great hunter who had first tamed fire, actually was a composite of the gnawed remains of some fifty women, children, and men unfortunate enough to have been the prey of the giant cave hyena. Researching the famous fossil site of Dragon Bone Hill in China, scientists Noel T. Boaz and Russell L. Ciochon retell the story of the cave's unique species of early human, Homo erectus. Boaz and Ciochon take readers on a gripping scientific odyssey. New evidence shows that Homo erectus was an opportunist who rode a tide of environmental change out Africa and into Eurasia, puddle-jumping from one gene pool to the next. Armed with a shaky hold on fire and some sharp rocks, Homo erectus incredibly survived for over 1.5 million years, much longer than our own species Homo sapiens has been on Earth. Tell-tale marks on fossil bones show that the lives of these early humans were brutal, ruled by hunger and who could strike the hardest blow, yet there are fleeting glimpses of human compassion as well. The small brain of Homo erectus and its strangely unchanging culture indicate that the species could not talk. Part of that primitive culture included ritualized aggression, to which the extremely thick skulls of Homo erectus bear mute witness. Both a vivid recreation of the unimagined way of life of a prehistoric species, so similar yet so unlike us, and a fascinating exposition of how modern multidisciplinary research can test hypotheses in human evolution, Dragon Bone Hill is science writing at its best.
Mystery At Dragon Bone Hill
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Author : Boaz
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997-07
Mystery At Dragon Bone Hill written by Boaz and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-07 with categories.
Dragon Bone Hill
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Author : Noel Thomas Boaz
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
Dragon Bone Hill written by Noel Thomas Boaz and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Excavations (Archaeology) categories.
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Dragon Bone Hill
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Author : David S. Wellhauser
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2014-10-16
Dragon Bone Hill written by David S. Wellhauser and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-16 with Fiction categories.
Injured and ill, Dragon Bone Hill opens with Titus Pym staggering back to the Beluga Fay, only to be warned off. Lander has taken control of the Fay and Governor Henry Salazar is looking for him, because of the slaughter at East Gate. With the Sweating Sickness ravaging the southern districts; with the government wanting him dead or alive; with Lander wanting him dead; with his injuries and fever driving Pym into an hallucinatory state he believes only the northern districts might offer him refuge—if but temporarily. Through a series of misadventures, Titus finds himself in the last place he wanted to be—Dragon Bone Hill. Rescued, from an almost certain death, he is nursed back to health by Dian and Putri Gomez. Titus had saved their lives in Beluga Fay by leaving the storeroom of food, they had discovered, to the women. Now Dian and Putri have returned the favour—though hoping for more. Healthy, again, Titus is learning Dragon Bone Hill is much more complex than Glenna, or any in the city, had led him to suspect. Dragon Bone Hill Trilogy• Beluga Fay • Dragon Bone Hill • The Wall
Dragon Bone Hill
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Author : Noel T. Boaz
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2004-02-16
Dragon Bone Hill written by Noel T. Boaz and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-02-16 with Science categories.
"Peking Man," a cave man once thought a great hunter who had first tamed fire, actually was a composite of the gnawed remains of some fifty women, children, and men unfortunate enough to have been the prey of the giant cave hyena. Researching the famous fossil site of Dragon Bone Hill in China, scientists Noel T. Boaz and Russell L. Ciochon retell the story of the cave's unique species of early human, Homo erectus. Boaz and Ciochon take readers on a gripping scientific odyssey. New evidence shows that Homo erectus was an opportunist who rode a tide of environmental change out Africa and into Eurasia, puddle-jumping from one gene pool to the next. Armed with a shaky hold on fire and some sharp rocks, Homo erectus incredibly survived for over 1.5 million years, much longer than our own species Homo sapiens has been on Earth. Tell-tale marks on fossil bones show that the lives of these early humans were brutal, ruled by hunger and who could strike the hardest blow, yet there are fleeting glimpses of human compassion as well. The small brain of Homo erectus and its strangely unchanging culture indicate that the species could not talk. Part of that primitive culture included ritualized aggression, to which the extremely thick skulls of Homo erectus bear mute witness. Both a vivid recreation of the unimagined way of life of a prehistoric species, so similar yet so unlike us, and a fascinating exposition of how modern multidisciplinary research can test hypotheses in human evolution, Dragon Bone Hill is science writing at its best.
Secret Of Bone Hill
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Author : Lenard Lakofka
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989-10-01
Secret Of Bone Hill written by Lenard Lakofka and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989-10-01 with Dungeons and Dragons (Game) categories.
The Wall
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Author : David S. Wellhauser
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2015-02-05
The Wall written by David S. Wellhauser and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-05 with Fiction categories.
The Final Chapter in the Dragon Bone Hill Saga Titus has taken control of Dragon Bone Hill, but the city continues to spiral out of control. Gangs and government forces are battling for control of the districts and streets. Famine has absorbed the city, and Titus must confront an act of betrayal from one closest to him. While this is going on Titus and Dragon Bone Hill begin to treat with the Wall guards for passage from the city. Putri, in fear and hopelessness, has left the Hill and joined the religious hysteria sweeping the city. The search for her triggers a confrontation with elements of the city that begin to see the Hill as a major threat and following a confrontation with the Flagellants, a bizarre religious sect, begin to move towards an alliance. With his leadership of the Hill under threat; the city aligning against him; the Sweats raging out of control; the city's infrastructure gone; government a state of mind, and the international blockade collapsing Titus, Dian, and Putri are facing their greatest challenges yet. Can any of them escape the city? Read the exciting conclusion of the Dragon Bone Hill Trilogy and find out! Dragon Bone Hill Trilogy Beluga Fay, Book 1 Dragon Bone Hill, Book 2 The Wall, Book 3
The Story Of Peking Man
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Author : Penny Van Oosterzee
language : en
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Release Date : 2001-10-01
The Story Of Peking Man written by Penny Van Oosterzee and has been published by Allen & Unwin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-10-01 with Social Science categories.
At the end of the nineteenth century in China, amateur fossil huntersknew that a ready supply of fossils could be found in backstreetChinese apothecaries. They were sold as 'dragon bones', to be grounddown and made into powerful medicines. When the sources of thesefossils were tracked down they revealed sites rich with the remains ofhorses, rhinoceroses, elephants ... and the ancestors of mankind. Setagainst a background of squabbling Chinese warlords and the Japaneseoccupation.
The Story Of Peking Man
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Author : Lanpo Jia
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1990
The Story Of Peking Man written by Lanpo Jia and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with China categories.
Once a forlorn village fifty kilometers south of Beijing, Zhoukoudian (formerly Choukoutien) is today a virtual shrine to archaeology, a bustling community with its own highway extension, a major exhibit hall which attracts hundreds of thousands of tourists annually, and one of the world's most famous fossil sites. Still active today, this site in seven decades has contributed immeasurably to our knowledge of prehistoric life. It boasts one of the richest fossil deposits found anywhere, ranging from the Early Pliocene to the Late Pleistocene, a span of three million years. It has provided some of the earliest evidence of fire usage ever uncovered. And most important, it is the home of Peking Man, whose discovery ranks as one of the great events in modern archaeology. Now, in The Story of Peking Man, one of China's foremost archaeologists, Jia Lanpo, offers a profusely illustrated history of Zhoukoudian, tracing its earliest discoveries and greatest moments, recounting the tragic events of World War II (Japanese soldiers murdered three archaeologists and the Peking Man fossils vanished under mysterious circumstances), and evaluating its overall importance. Lanpo spent over half a century at Zhoukoudian and he provides many fascinating, first-hand accounts of scientists at work, including such figures as Davidson Black, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Yang Zhongjian, Pei Wenzhong, and of course Lanpo himself. He describes how the abundance of "dragon bones"(fossils sold in herbal medicine shops) in Zhoukoudian first attracted Johan Gunnar Andersson, who began excavations there in 1918; the first major discovery, a human skullcap, found by Pei Wenzhong while digging by candlelight in a tiny cave; and Jia Lanpo's own discovery of a beautifully preserved skullcap in 1936. He vividly conveys the great excitement of an important find as well as the pressure to make major discoveries as funding runs low. And he reviews many of the theories and controversies surrounding Peking Man--Were they cannibals? Did they use bones as tools? Did humanity originate in Asia or Africa? Based on numerous unpublished sources, including field reports, personal letters and photographs, and Lanpo's own remembrances, The Story of Peking Man provides an inside look at a major archaeological site, one that will fascinate anyone interested in the origins of humanity.
Dragon Bones
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Author : D. K. Holmberg
language : en
Publisher: Dragonwalker
Release Date : 2018-09-17
Dragon Bones written by D. K. Holmberg and has been published by Dragonwalker this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-17 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
Dragons have been gone from the world for centuries, though their power remains. A war fought a thousand years ago removed the destructive threat of dragons, allowing fire mages to use the magic stored within their bones to protect the empire for a millennium. The empire has known a fragile peace, held together by that ancient magic. Fes has always longed for stability. Raised within the slums of the empire, taught to steal and hurt others to make his way, when he