Ann Gibbons
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- Ann Gibbons is an author and a Science Magazine contributing correspondent. She has served as a science writing instructor at Carnegie Mellon University. Gibbons is a former Knight Science Journalism Fellow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a former Science Journalism Fellow at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. Her book, "The First Human" is the story of four international teams obsessed with solving the mystery of human evolution and of the intense rivalries that propel them.
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The first human : the race to discover our earliest… von Ann Gibbons
As the subtitle indicates, this was indeed a race. One wonders what these men and women might have achieved if they had worked together instead of with intense rivalries. The search to solve the mystery of human evolution is a fascinating subject and science writer Gibbons' writing retains that engrossing quality while being easily understood. Although discoveries continue and the picture of human evolution is becoming clearer, there is still no definitive answer.
Really enjoyed this account of the search for our earliest ancestors and the cutthroat world of paleontology. Just the right mix of science and anecdote involving the often grim battles for access to archeological sites in Africa.
A very interesting look at some of the most important hominid fossil discoveries of the last 15 years, and the paleoanthropologists who discovered them. Ann Gibbons is a correspondent for Science magazine, and has covered human evolution for more than a decade. She does a fantastic job in this book of writing about evolution in a highly accurate, easy-to-read manner, without overly simplifying the topic for a mainstream audience.
It is rare for an evolution book to go into detail about the turmoil amongst scientists, and Gibbons does so in an even handed way. We get to hear about the dangers involved in the hunt for the common ancestor of humans and chimpanzees, in regions subject to days-long sandstorms, bandits, and civil war. You also see how basic human emotions (ambition! jealousy!) and politics can interfere with the progression of science, especially in such a sensitive scientific topic. In fact, we almost hear more about the tensions in the field than the actual fossils themselves, which would be my only major complaint.… (mehr)
It is rare for an evolution book to go into detail about the turmoil amongst scientists, and Gibbons does so in an even handed way. We get to hear about the dangers involved in the hunt for the common ancestor of humans and chimpanzees, in regions subject to days-long sandstorms, bandits, and civil war. You also see how basic human emotions (ambition! jealousy!) and politics can interfere with the progression of science, especially in such a sensitive scientific topic. In fact, we almost hear more about the tensions in the field than the actual fossils themselves, which would be my only major complaint.… (mehr)
Nettopp lest ferdig denne veldig gode boka om: 1) jakten på de eldste fossilene av menneskehetens forfedre og -mødre, 2) historien om personene som har vært involvert i denne rivaliserende jakten.
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