{"product_id":"cave-of-bones-a-true-story-of-discovery-adventure-and-human-origins-hardcover","title":"Cave of Bones: A True Story of Discovery, Adventure, and Human Origins - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLee Berger\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohn Hawks\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA true-life scientific adventure story, this thrilling book takes the reader deep into South African caves to discover fossil remains that compel a monumental reframing of the human family tree.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the summer of 2022, Lee Berger lost 50 pounds in order to wriggle though impossibly small openings in the Rising Star cave complex in South Africa--spaces where his team has been unearthing the remains of \u003ci\u003eHomo naledi\u003c\/i\u003e, a proto-human likely to have coexisted with \u003ci\u003eHomo sapiens\u003c\/i\u003e some 250,000 years ago. The lead researcher on the site, still Berger had never made his way into the dark, cramped, dangerous underground spaces where many of the \u003ci\u003enaledi\u003c\/i\u003e fossils had been found. Now he was ready to do so. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOnce inside the cave, Berger made shocking new discoveries that expand our understanding of this early hominid--discoveries that stand to alter our fundamental understanding of what makes us human. So what does it all mean? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJoin Berger on the adventure of a lifetime as he explores the Rising Star cave system and begins the complicated process of explaining these extraordinary finds--finds that force a rethinking of human evolution, and discoveries that Berger calls \"the Rosetta stone of the human mind.\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLee Berger is an award-winning paleoarchaeologist whose explorations into human origins in Africa over the past 25 years have resulted in the discovery of more hominin fossil remains than any other. He spearheaded the discovery of two new species of ancient human relatives: \u003ci\u003eAustralopithecus sediba \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHomo naledi\u003c\/i\u003e. A current National Geographic Explorer at Large, Berger won the first National Geographic Society Research and Exploration Prize in 1997. In 2016, he was named the Rolex National Geographic Explorer of the Year and one of \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e magazine's 100 Most Influential People. Berger is the Phillip Tobias Chair in Palaeoanthropology at the University of the Witwatersrand. He lives in Johannesburg, South Africa, with his wife and two children. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJohn Hawks is a paleoanthropologist who has been working with Lee Berger on his expeditions for more than a decade. The Vilas-Borghesi Distinguished Achievement Professor of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin, he lives in Madison, Wisconsin, with his wife and four children.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 08, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42172905029767,"sku":"9781426223884","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/548d16a9d812ee44b12625437549d13f.webp?v=1733364361","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/cave-of-bones-a-true-story-of-discovery-adventure-and-human-origins-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}