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Science writer. PhD from @HumanOriginsASU. Writing a book on fossil hobbits and human evolution.

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Book Cover for: On Some Fossil Remains of Man, Thomas H. Huxley

On Some Fossil Remains of Man

Thomas H. Huxley
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Thomas Henry Huxley delivered his first lecture on the Neanderthal #fossils #OnThisDay in 1862, at @Ri_Science, London. The talk was titled "On Some Fossil Remains of Man," because the fossils were considered to be Homo sapiens at the time. https://t.co/uLWtk98uFZ

Paperback, 2015

$7.99Member price:$3.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Copenhagen, Michael Frayn

Copenhagen

Michael Frayn
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@DrEframSS Probably Michael Frayn's Copenhagen. Anne Fadiman's The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down is a close second.

Paperback, 2011

$18.95Member price:$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Origin of Species: 150th Anniversary Edition, Charles Darwin

The Origin of Species: 150th Anniversary Edition

Charles Darwin
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#OnThisDay in 1856, Charles Darwin started writing a "sketch" that would ultimately form the base of his book On the Origin of Species. #histsci https://t.co/WReTMJnM7F

Paperback, Mass Market, 2003

$7.95Member price:$3.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Descent Of Man, Charles Darwin

The Descent Of Man

Charles Darwin
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Charles Darwin began writing The Descent of Man #OnThisDay in 1868. “Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science." https://t.co/1W0SYPXsJa

Paperback, 2011

$8.95Member price:$4.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Origin Of Species, Charles Darwin

The Origin Of Species

Charles Darwin
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The greatest #OnThisDay coincidence in the history of science. Today in 1859, Charles Darwin published his monumental book On the Origin of Species. 115 years later, to the day, the #fossils known as Lucy were discovered. https://t.co/ILw1atbAhH

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Book Cover for: On the Origin of Species, Charles Darwin

On the Origin of Species

Charles Darwin
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#OnThisDay in 1856, Charles Darwin started writing a "sketch" that would ultimately form the base of his book On the Origin of Species. #histsci https://t.co/WReTMJnM7F

Paperback, 2022

$14.99Member price:$7.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Descent of Man: Vol. I, Charles Darwin

Descent of Man: Vol. I

Charles Darwin
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Charles Darwin published his book Descent of Man #OnThisDay in 1871. He opened with: "It has often been asserted that man’s origin can never be known, but ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge." #histsci https://t.co/o6agrLRJcA

Hardcover, 2022

$99.90Member price:$74.90 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Book Cover for: The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures, Anne Fadiman

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures

Anne Fadiman
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@DrEframSS Probably Michael Frayn's Copenhagen. Anne Fadiman's The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down is a close second.

Paperback, 2012

$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: On Some Fossil Remains of Man, Thomas Henry Huxley

On Some Fossil Remains of Man

Thomas Henry Huxley
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Thomas Henry Huxley delivered his first lecture on the Neanderthal #fossils #OnThisDay in 1862, at @Ri_Science, London. The talk was titled "On Some Fossil Remains of Man," because the fossils were considered to be Homo sapiens at the time. https://t.co/uLWtk98uFZ

Paperback, 2015

$14.90Member price:$7.45 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Man's Place in Nature, Thomas Henry 1825-1895 Huxley

Man's Place in Nature

Thomas Henry 1825-1895 Huxley
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“Hurrah the monkey book has come!” Charles Darwin wrote to his friend Thomas Huxley #OnThisDay in 1863, on receiving his new book: Man's Place in Nature. In the text, Huxley addressed human origins, "the question of questions for mankind, a problem that underlies all others." https://t.co/nSYEdjoRmT

Paperback, 2022

$24.95Member price:$22.45 + Free shipping10% off