- Title:
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We, Hominids: An anthropological detective story
- Written by:
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Frank Westerman
- Read by:
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Mark Mitchell
- Format:
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Unabridged CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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7
- Duration:
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8 hours 38 minutes
- Published:
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August 03 2021
- Available Date:
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August 03 2021
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781867550396
- Genres:
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Non-fiction; Philosophy; Science & Technology
- Publisher:
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Bolinda audio
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Award winning author
We, Hominids is a compelling mixture of reportage, travelogue and essay – reminiscent of Bruce Chatwin or Ryszard Kapuscinski by Frank Westerman.
In We, Hominids, one of Holland’s greatest non-fiction writers hunts down answers to humanity’s most fundamental questions: Who are we? What makes us different from animals? With an ancient skull as his starting point, he travels the globe, tracing the search for the first human being – the missing link between humans and apes.
Westerman introduces us to the world of skull hunters – leading experts in our fossil ancestry – and astutely reconsiders the work of illustrious anthropologists, in the light of new DNA technology and the rise of female scientists. Westerman discovers a plethora of origin hypotheses and shows how any theory of who we are and where we come from is coloured by the zeitgeist. He urges for a more critical approach, so that we are no longer doomed to continuously review what we think we know. Still, Westerman emphasises the importance of evidence – 'The facts cling to me and I cling to the facts. I will continue to pick them up, turn them around and illuminate them with the headlamp of my imagination.'
'Gripping and brilliantly told, We Hominids deftly blends personal experience with a journalist’s eye for a remarkable story.'
Mark McKenna, award-winning author of An Eye for Eternity
'A masterclass in storytelling, exploring who we are and where we came from.'
Danielle Clode
'Part travelogue, part science, Frank Westerman unearths a brilliantly original story that has been millions of years in the making: what does it mean to be human? Quite wonderful.'
Chris Turney, Professor of Earth Science and Climate Change at the University of New South Wales, and author of Shackled and Bones, Rocks and Stars