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The Story of Peking Man by van Oosterzee, Penny is a social science available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Story of Peking Man about?

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. They were sold as 'dragon bones', to be ground down and made into powerful medicines. 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. <br><br>Set against a background of squabbling Chinese warlords and the Japanese occupation, a

Who reads The Story of Peking Man?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
van Oosterzee, Penny
Publisher
Allen & Unwin Pty LTD
Published
2001
Language
EN
ISBN
9781865086323
Category
social science
Subjects
Anthropology, Science, Social_sciences
Updated
2026-03-25

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