Cave Of Bones

Author : Anne Hillerman
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062391941
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cave of Bones written by Anne Hillerman and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2018-04-03 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don’t miss the TV series, Dark Winds, based on the Leaphorn, Chee, & Manuelito novels, now on AMC and AMC+! A New York Times Bestseller Anne Hillerman brings together modern mystery, Navajo traditions, and the evocative landscape of the desert Southwest in this intriguing entry in the Leaphorn, Chee, and Manuelito series. When Tribal Police Officer Bernadette Manuelito arrives to speak at an outdoor character-building program for at-risk teens, she discovers chaos. Annie, a young participant on a solo experience due back hours before, has just returned and is traumatized. Gently questioning the girl, Bernie learns that Annie stumbled upon a human skeleton on her trek. While everyone is relieved that Annie is back, they’re concerned about a beloved instructor who went out into the wilds of the rugged lava wilderness bordering Ramah Navajo Reservation to find the missing girl. The instructor vanished somewhere in the volcanic landscape known as El Malpais. In Navajo lore, the lava caves and tubes are believed to be the solidified blood of a terrible monster killed by superhuman twin warriors. Solving the twin mysteries will expose Bernie to the chilling face of human evil. The instructor’s disappearance mirrors a long-ago search that may be connected to a case in which the legendary Joe Leaphorn played a crucial role. But before Bernie can find the truth, an unexpected blizzard, a suspicious accidental drowning, and the arrival of a new FBI agent complicate the investigation. While Bernie searches for answers in her case, her husband, Sergeant Jim Chee juggles trouble closer to home. A vengeful man he sent to prison for domestic violence is back—and involved with Bernie’s sister Darleen. Their relationship creates a dilemma that puts Chee in uncomfortable emotional territory that challenges him as family man, a police officer, and as a one-time medicine man in training. Anne Hillerman takes us deep into the heart of the deserts, mountains, and forests of New Mexico and once again explores the lore and rituals of Navajo culture in this gripping entry in her atmospheric crime series.

Author : Lee Berger
Publisher : Disney Electronic Content
ISBN 13 : 1426223943
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cave of Bones written by Lee Berger and published by Disney Electronic Content. This book was released on 2023-08-08 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the summer of 2022, Lee Berger lost 50 pounds in order to wriggle though impossibly small openings in the Rising Star cave complex in South Africa—spaces where his team has been unearthing the remains of Homo naledi, a proto-human likely to have coexisted with Homo sapiens some 250,000 years ago. The lead researcher on the site, still Berger had never made his way into the dark, cramped, dangerous underground spaces where many of the naledi fossils had been found. Now he was ready to do so. Once inside the cave, Berger made shocking new discoveries that expanded his understanding of this early hominid—discoveries that stand to alter our fundamental understanding of what makes us human. Distinctly shaped depressions containing a fossil bones appear to be burial graves. Bits of charcoal and blackened rock ceilings point to the deliberate use of fire; charred animal bones suggest fire used for cooking. A stone hidden in among a naledi skeleton has a shape similar to Neanderthal tools. All have been previously known as uniquely defined characteristics of Homo sapiens. So what does it all mean? Join Berger on the adventure of a lifetime as he explores the Rising Star cave system and begins the complicated process of explaining these extraordinary finds—finds that force a rethinking of human evolution, and discoveries that Berger calls "the Rosetta stone of the human mind."

Author : Lee Berger
Publisher : National Geographic Society
ISBN 13 : 9781426223884
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cave of Bones written by Lee Berger and published by National Geographic Society. This book was released on 2023-06-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A true-life scientific adventure story, this thrilling book takes the reader deep into South African caves to discover fossil remains that compel a monumental reframing of the human family tree. In the summer of 2022, Lee Berger lost 50 pounds in order to wriggle though impossibly small openings in the Rising Star cave complex in South Africa--spaces where his team has been unearthing the remains of Homo naledi, a proto-human likely to have coexisted with Homo sapiens some 250,000 years ago. The lead researcher on the site, still Berger had never made his way into the dark, cramped, dangerous underground spaces where many of the naledi fossils had been found. Now he was ready to do so. Once inside the cave, Berger made shocking new discoveries that expanded his understanding of this early hominid--discoveries that stand to alter our fundamental understanding of what makes us human. Distinctly shaped depressions containing a fossil bones appear to be burial graves. Bits of charcoal and blackened rock ceilings point to the deliberate use of fire; charred animal bones suggest fire used for cooking. A stone hidden in among a naledi skeleton has a shape similar to Neanderthal tools. All have been previously known as uniquely defined characteristics of Homo sapiens. So what does it all mean? Join Berger on the adventure of a lifetime as he explores the Rising Star cave system and begins the complicated process of explaining these extraordinary finds--finds that force a rethinking of human evolution, and discoveries that Berger calls "the Rosetta stone of the human mind."

Author : Marion Dowd
Publisher : Oxbow Books Limited
ISBN 13 : 9781785703515
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Underground Archaeology written by Marion Dowd and published by Oxbow Books Limited. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents new perspectives on the use and perception of caves at different times in the past, from the Early Mesolithic through to post-medieval time; reveals complex and varied funerary practices and rituals associated with cave burials; highlights the changing roles of caves as places for shelter, occupation, burial and ritual practices during the

Author : Lee Berger
Publisher : Disney Electronic Content
ISBN 13 : 1426218125
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Almost Human written by Lee Berger and published by Disney Electronic Content. This book was released on 2017-05-09 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This first-person narrative about an archaeological discovery is rewriting the story of human evolution. A story of defiance and determination by a controversial scientist, this is Lee Berger's own take on finding Homo naledi, an all-new species on the human family tree and one of the greatest discoveries of the 21st century. In 2013, Berger, a National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence, caught wind of a cache of bones in a hard-to-reach underground cave in South Africa. He put out a call around the world for petite collaborators—men and women small and adventurous enough to be able to squeeze through 8-inch tunnels to reach a sunless cave 40 feet underground. With this team of "underground astronauts," Berger made the discovery of a lifetime: hundreds of prehistoric bones, including entire skeletons of at least 15 individuals, all perhaps two million years old. Their features combined those of known prehominids like Lucy, the famousAustralopithecus, with those more human than anything ever before seen in prehistoric remains. Berger's team had discovered an all new species, and they called it Homo naledi. The cave quickly proved to be the richest prehominid site ever discovered, full of implications that shake the very foundation of how we define what makes us human. Did this species come before, during, or after the emergence of Homo sapiens on our evolutionary tree? How did the cave come to contain nothing but the remains of these individuals? Did they bury their dead? If so, they must have had a level of self-knowledge, including an awareness of death. And yet those are the very characteristics used to define what makes us human. Did an equally advanced species inhabit Earth with us, or before us? Berger does not hesitate to address all these questions. Berger is a charming and controversial figure, and some colleagues question his interpretation of this and other finds. But in these pages, this charismatic and visionary paleontologist counters their arguments and tells his personal story: a rich and readable narrative about science, exploration, and what it means to be human.

Author : Ferdinand Römer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Bone Caves of Ojcow in Poland written by Ferdinand Römer and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Tony Hillerman
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Leaphorn & Chee written by Tony Hillerman and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 1992 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Story Collection: Skinwalkers--A Thief of Time--Talking God.

Author : Edwidge Danticat
Publisher : Soho Press
ISBN 13 : 1569479291
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Farming of Bones written by Edwidge Danticat and published by Soho Press. This book was released on 2003-07-01 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is 1937 and Amabelle Désir, a young Haitian woman living in the Dominican Republic, has built herself a life as the servant and companion of the wife of a wealthy colonel. She and Sebastien, a cane worker, are deeply in love and plan to marry. But Amabelle's world collapses when a wave of genocidal violence, driven by Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo, leads to the slaughter of Haitian workers. Amabelle and Sebastien are separated, and she desperately flees the tide of violence for a Haiti she barely remembers. Already acknowledged as a classic, this harrowing story of love and survival—from one of the most important voices of her generation—is an unforgettable memorial to the victims of the Parsley Massacre and a testimony to the power of human memory.

Author : Lee R. Berger
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781426224140
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cave of Bones written by Lee R. Berger and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This thrilling book takes the reader into South African caves to discover fossil remains that reframe the human family tree"--.

Author : J. Matheny
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781979133616
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cave of Bones written by J. Matheny and published by . This book was released on 2017-10-24 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strong hands clutched at Sophie's legs and a flickering crown of flames exposed the hideous face that loomed over her. Rough stone scraped at her back as she was pulled relentlessly along a cold slab. This was a place of darkness, but she'd been here before. She knew how it would end.That vision played repeatedly through Sophie's mind in the days leading up to the birth of her child. Her escape from Vaqava had come at a heavy price. Love had been lost and a hidden evil had been uncovered. She was ready to leave those memories behind, but the forsaken island and its dark ruler weren't done with her yet. She now possessed something that the Torchbearer wanted.In a moment of unimaginable terror, the thing that Sophie Hansen loves most will be taken from her. To get it back, she'll have to return to the place where her nightmares started.Love and Devotion. Violence and Bloodshed. It all ends in a Cave of Bones.