{"product_id":"dragon-bone-hill-an-ice-age-saga-of-homo-erectus-hardcover","title":"Dragon Bone Hill: An Ice-Age Saga of Homo Erectus - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNoel T. Boaz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRussell L. Ciochon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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, \u003cem\u003eHomo erectus\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e Boaz and Ciochon take readers on a gripping scientific odyssey. New evidence shows that \u003cem\u003eHomo erectus\u003c\/em\u003e 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, \u003cem\u003eHomo erectus\u003c\/em\u003e incredibly survived for over 1.5 million years, much longer than our own species \u003cem\u003eHomo sapiens\u003c\/em\u003e 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 \u003cem\u003eHomo erectus\u003c\/em\u003e 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 \u003cem\u003eHomo erectus\u003c\/em\u003e bear mute witness. \u003cbr\u003e 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, \u003cem\u003eDragon Bone Hill\u003c\/em\u003e is science writing at its best.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNoel T. Boaz\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Anatomy, Ross University School of Medicine. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eEvolving Health, Eco Homo\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eQuarry: Closing in on the Missing Link\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRussell L. Ciochon\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Iowa. His books include \u003cem\u003eOther Origins: The Search for the Giant Ape in Human Prehistory\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Human Evolution Source Book\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.91 x 9.53 x 6.38 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 16, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51752192180512,"sku":"9780195152913","price":71.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/38aced1a505b3382d8d7d2c054ebf986.webp?v=1779989618","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/dragon-bone-hill-an-ice-age-saga-of-homo-erectus-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}