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Author Shipman, Pat, 1949-

Title The man who found the missing link : Eugène Dubois and his lifelong quest to prove Darwin right / Pat Shipman.

Publication Info. New York : Simon & Schuster, [2001]
©2001

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Location Call No. Status
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  BIOG. DUBOIS, E.    Storage
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  569.9 SHI    Check Shelf
Description 514 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 479-495) and index.
Contents An echo of the past -- The beginning -- The game -- Ambition -- Lightning rod -- Love and conflict -- Turning point -- To find the missing link -- Logistics -- Padang -- Pajakombo -- Fossils -- Garuda -- Fevers and spells -- To Java -- Java fossils -- Coolies -- Discoveries at Trinil -- Gathering resources -- Friendship -- Trinil -- The birth of Pithecanthropus -- 1893 -- Disaster -- Letters from a friend -- Aftermath -- Perseverance -- The monograph -- Writing up -- Separation and loss -- Intermission -- To India -- Calcutta -- Sirmoor State -- Siwalik adventures -- Leaving India -- Toeloeng Agoeng -- Departure -- Europe -- The battlefield -- More skirmishes -- Using his brains -- Betrayal and resurrection -- Family -- The new century -- Diversions -- Tragedy -- Dangerous times -- A new skull -- Rumors and isolation -- Brain work -- The diligent assistant -- New skulls from Java -- A worthy opponent -- To the battlefront -- The letter -- Pretender to the throne -- Old friends -- The final conflict.
Subject Dubois, Eugène, 1858-1940.
Java man.
Physical anthropologists -- Netherlands -- Biography.
Physical anthropologists -- Indonesia -- Java -- Biography.
Anthropology, Physical -- history -- Indonesia -- Biography.
Evolution -- Indonesia -- Biography.
Paleontology -- history -- Indonesia -- Biography.
ISBN 068485581X
9780684855813
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