{"product_id":"ancient-bones-unearthing-the-astonishing-new-story-of-how-we-became-human-9781778400315","title":"Ancient Bones: Unearthing the Astonishing New Story of How We Became Human","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Splendid and important... Scientifically rigorous and written with a clarity and candor that create a gripping tale... [Böhme's] account of the history of Europe's lost apes is imbued with the sweat, grime, and triumph that is the lot of the fieldworker, and carries great authority.\" --Tim Flannery, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this \"fascinating forensic inquiry into human origins\" (Kirkus STARRED Review), a renowned paleontologist takes readers behind-the-scenes of one of the most groundbreaking archaeological digs in recent history.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSomewhere west of Munich, paleontologist Madelaine Böhme and her colleagues dig for clues to the origins of humankind. What they discover is beyond anything they ever imagined: the twelve-million-year-old bones of Danuvius guggenmosi make headlines around the world. This ancient ape defies prevailing theories of human history--his skeletal adaptations suggest a new common ancestor between apes and humans, one that dwelled in Europe, not Africa. Might the great apes that traveled from Africa to Europe before Danuvius's time be the key to understanding our own origins? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAll this and more is explored in \u003ci\u003eAncient Bones\u003c\/i\u003e. Using her expertise as a paleoclimatologist and paleontologist, Böhme pieces together an awe-inspiring picture of great apes that crossed land bridges from Africa to Europe millions of years ago, evolving in response to the challenging conditions they found. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe also takes us behind the scenes of her research, introducing us to former theories of human evolution (complete with helpful maps and diagrams), and walks us through musty museum overflow storage where she finds forgotten fossils with yellowed labels, before taking us along to the momentous dig where she and the team unearthed Danuvius guggenmosi himself--and the incredible reverberations his discovery caused around the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eAncient Bones\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Readable and thought-provoking. Madelaine Böhme is an iconoclast whose fossil discoveries have challenged long-standing ideas on the origins of the ancestors of apes and humans.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Steve Brusatte, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An inherently fascinating, impressively informative, and exceptionally thought-provoking read.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eMidwest Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An impressive introduction to the burgeoning recalibration of paleoanthropology.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMADELAINE BÖHME \u003c\/strong\u003eis a scientist, professor at the University of Tübingen, and founding director of the Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRÜDIGER BRAUN \u003c\/strong\u003eis a journalist who translates cutting-edge science into gripping stories to affect societal change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFLORIAN BREIER \u003c\/strong\u003eis a journalist, filmmaker, and writer for various television networks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDAVID R. BEGUN\u003c\/strong\u003e is a professor of anthropology at the University of Toronto and co-author of the 2019 study that broke the story of the newly discovered bones to the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Greystone Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50508119048466,"sku":"9781778400315","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7fb5c815-9e51-44fa-8a40-17e1cedacaed.jpg?v=1730873232","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/ancient-bones-unearthing-the-astonishing-new-story-of-how-we-became-human-9781778400315","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}