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We, Hominids

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We, Hominids

By: Frank Westerman
Narrated by: Mark Mitchell
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We, Hominids is a compelling mixture of reportage, travelogue and essay - reminiscent of Bruce Chatwin or Ryszard Kapuściński - by Frank Westerman.

In We, Hominids, one of Holland’s greatest nonfiction writers hunts down answers to humanity’s most fundamental questions: who are we? What makes us different from animals? With an ancient skull as his starting point, he travels the globe, tracing the search for the first human being - the missing link between humans and apes.

Westerman introduces us to the world of skull hunters - leading experts in our fossil ancestry - and astutely reconsiders the work of illustrious anthropologists, in the light of new DNA technology and the rise of female scientists. Westerman discovers a plethora of origin hypotheses and shows how any theory of who we are and where we come from is coloured by the zeitgeist. He urges for a more critical approach so that we are no longer doomed to continuously review what we think we know. Still, Westerman emphasises the importance of evidence - 'The facts cling to me and I cling to the facts. I will continue to pick them up, turn them around and illuminate them with the headlamp of my imagination.'

©2021 Frank Westerman (P)2021 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd
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