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Tobias in Conversation

Genes, Fossils and Anthropology

by Goran Strkalj, Jane Dugard

  • Paperback
  • 360 pages
  • Publisher: Wits University Press
  • 17.2 x 25.1 x 2.2 cm

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Phillip V. Tobias is Professor Emeritus of Anatomy and Human Biology at the University of the Witwatersrand Medical School and Fellow of the Royal Society (London). His international achievements include: Charles Darwin Lifetime Achievement Award; Anisfield-Wolf Award in Race Relations; Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences (USA); Commander, National Order of Merit of France and Commander of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Italy.The book, written in the first person, is based on a collection of interviews with Tobias conducted and recorded over a period of six years. Topics include research into the physical anthropology of living peoples; studies of mammalian chromosomes; an invitation from Louis and Mary Leakey to describe all the hominid fossils they discovered; the identification, description and naming of Homo habilis; re-opening of the Sterkfontein fossil site in SA in 1966; Tobias' political activism and medical ethics; and his personal philosophy concerning religion and evolution.
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  • Author

    Goran Strkalj

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Wits University Press

  • Published

    October 2008

  • Weight

    671g

  • Page Count

    360

  • Dimensions

    17.2 x 25.1 x 2.2 cm

  • ISBN

    9781868144778

  • ISBN-10

    1868144771

  • Eden Code

    4651931

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