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Dragon bones : the story of Peking Man by Van Oosterzee, Penny is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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At The End Of The Nineteenth Century In China Amateur Fossil Hunters Knew That A Ready Supply Of Fossils Could Be Found In Backstreet Chinese Apothecaries. When The Sources Of These Fossils Were Tracked Down They Revealed Sites Rich With The Remains Of Horses, Rhinoceroses, Elephants ... And The Ancestors Of Mankind. Set Against A Background Of Squabbling Chinese Warlords And The Japanese Occupation, A Team Of Chinese And Europeans Worked Diligently In Primitive And Often Dangerous Conditions To Uncover The Origins Of Man. What They Found Was One Of The Most Famous Hominid Fossils Of All Time - Peking Man. Penny Van Oosterzee Has Written A Riveting Historical Account Of The Discovery Of Peking Man, From The Excavation Of One Small Fossilised Molar To The Mysterious Disappearance Of The Fossils At The Beginning Of The Second World War.--book Jacket. Dragon Bones -- Into The Teeth Of The Dragon -- Peking Man -- Missing In Action -- The Supporting Act -- Whatever Happened To Homo Erectus? Penny Van Oosterzee. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 188-189) And Index.

Who reads Dragon bones : the story of Peking Man?

Author

Van Oosterzee, Penny

Publisher

Perseus Publishing

Published

1999

Language

EN

ISBN

9780738202921

Category

history

Subjects

Anthropology, Fiction, Science

Rating

3.6 / 5 (17 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13