Adventures in the Bone Trade: The Race to Discover Human Ancestors in Ethiopia's Afar Depression
By Jon Kalb
Hardcover
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By Jon Kalb
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Over the past 25 years, a stream of fossil and artifact discoveries in the Afar Depression of Ethiopia has produced the longest single record of human ancestors in the world. Many of the fossils found in this region are the missing links leading to modern humans. This book chronicles the exploration of this unique desert area, focusing especially on the 1970s when the valley was mapped and many fossils and archeological sites were discovered. The author gives his personal account of the 25 ...




