Between Ape and Human
An Anthropologist on the Trail of a Hidden Hominoid
$60.85
- Hardcover
336 pages
- Release Date
21 June 2023
Summary
A remarkable investigation into the hominoids of Flores Island, their place on the evolutionary spectrum—and whether or not they still survive.
While doing fieldwork on the remote Indonesian island of Flores, anthropologist Gregory Forth came across people talking about half-apelike, half-humanlike creatures that once lived in a cave on the slopes of a nearby volcano. Over the years he continued to record what locals had to say about these mystery hominoids while searching for ways to…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781639361434 |
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| ISBN-10: | 163936143X |
| Author: | Gregory Forth |
| Publisher: | Pegasus Books |
| Imprint: | Pegasus Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 21 June 2023 |
| Weight: | 458g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 33mm |
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Critics Review
“Mr. Forth is a highly reputable scholar, a scrupulous researcher, as well as an effective communicator….[In Between Ape and Human] Mr. Forth recounts much that is suggestive and intriguing, deep diving into Lio beliefs about the lai ho’a in myth, legend, religion, and rumor.”
– Wall Street Journal
“Between Ape and Human is fascinating reading for someone who understands that, while archeology trades in materials science and in firm estimates of dates and purpose, anthropology is about conversations and culture…[Forth] presents a record of the puzzling information that he collected and then sets out the anthropologist’s own ideas about whether the modern-day Flores hobbits descend directly from the ancient ones. If you’re in the mood for an adventure, you might want to read the book.” – Forbes Online
“As Forth puts it, ‘the challenge for social anthropologists is to discover the correct relationship between the palaeontological and ethnographic images and the true source of their resemblance.’ Between Ape and Human is an important contribution in navigating that relationship.” – Journal of Scientific Exploration
“Well-written and entertaining. Between Ape and Human tells not just the story of Homo floresiensis. It tells a story of how we perceive nature and how people deal with the unknown. It is as much about the science of our human relatives as it is about human nature and how we view the world. Forth compellingly grapples with how to interpret these observations and what they mean in the real world.” – Rob DeSalle, American Museum of Natural History, author of A Natural History of Color
About The Author
Gregory Forth
Gregory Forth received his doctorate at Oxford and was a professor of Anthropology at the University of Alberta for more than three decades. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and is the author more than one hundred scholarly papers and several academic books. This is his first book for a general audience.
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