| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 252 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Cultural dynamics of science.
2351-9932 ;
volume 3
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Cultural dynamics of science ; v. 3.
2351-9932
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"The Orce Man controversy is a very long, complicated and harsh dispute among scientific colleagues (often from the same institution) over the taxonomic classification of a cranial fragment. The fossil was found in 1982 by three palaeontologists from the Institut de Paleontologia de Sabadell in Catalonia: Josep Gibert, Jordi Agustí and Salvador Moyà-Solà at a site called Venta Micena, near the small town of Orce, located in a very arid region of the province of Granada, Andalusia"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- A Rough Guide to the Orce Man -- 0. Introduction -- The Orce Man -- 1. Discovery (1976-1982) -- 1.1. Setting the scientific and political scene -- 1.2. 'Look what we've found!' The Orce Man among politicians, experts and the public -- 1.3. The 'Spanish Olduvai' and the discoverers' reward -- 1.4. A great post-Franco discovery and a small but troubling crest -- 2. Controversy (1984-1987) -- 2.1. A painful trip to Paris: From man to donkey -- 2.2. A country's 'obsession': 'Is the Orce Man our ancestor?' -- 2.3. Science in a 'different dimension' -- 3. Conference (1987-1996) -- 3.1. Gibert's research team and the conference preparation -- 3.2. An international conference as a 'tool' to convince -- 3.3. A triple victory (science, media and politics) -- 3.4. Scientific conferences: much more than debates among colleagues -- 4. End (1996-2007) -- 4.1. An unexpected attack -- 4.2. Control of the remains means control of the research -- 4.3. The process of isolation -- 4.4. The hominids that came from the south: Gibert's popular science book -- 4.5. The end of a long controversy -- 5. A 'First' American to compare with: The Pedra Furada controversy -- 6. Coda: The 'Orce Boy' -- 7. The Orce Man: controversy, failure, media and politics -- Appendices -- Annex I: Anatomical features of the Orce Man -- Annex II: News from 1983 to 1999 -- Annex III: The travelling bone -- Bibliography -- I. Interviews -- II: Archives -- III: Secondary Literature -- IV: The Press -- Index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Prehistoric peoples -- Spain -- Orce.
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Prehistoric peoples. |
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Spain -- Orce. |
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Human remains (Archaeology) -- Spain -- Orce.
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Human remains (Archaeology) |
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Human beings -- Origin.
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Human beings -- Origin. |
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- Spain -- Orce.
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Excavations (Archaeology) |
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Venta Micena Site (Spain)
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Spain -- Venta Micena Site. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Carandell Baruzzi, Miquel, 1981- Orce man. Leiden ; Boston : BRILL, [2021] 9789004431492 (DLC) 2020034593 (OCoLC)1195815927 |
| ISBN |
9004431500 |
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9789004431508 (electronic book) |
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