The Strange Case of the Rickety Cossack: And Other Cautionary Tales from Human Evolution

by Ian Tattersall

Book Overview

In his new book The Strange Case of the Rickety Cossack, human paleoanthropologist Ian Tattersall argues that a long tradition of human exceptionalism in paleoanthropology has distorted the picture of human evolution. Drawing partly on his own career--from young scientist in awe of his elders to crotchety elder statesman--Tattersall offers an idiosyncratic look at the competitive world of paleoanthropology, beginning with Charles Darwin...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137278897
• ISBN13: 9781137278890
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 7.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"