Mark Avery must have been somewhat busy this past week, as he only posted two books for this week’s Sunday Book Review – and the two books he chose are as different as cheese and chalk.
Mark Posts a Two-Fer
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Posts by John E. Riutta, MA, MBA, FLS, MemRES:
Faster than a Reading Mark Avery
I’m not certain as to his respective land speed, physical strength, or vertical leaping capabilities, but when it comes to Mark Avery’s speed at reading books, he’s definitely super. I turn my back for a fortnight and he’s got four new book reviews posted to his blog.
The Past Can’t Heal Us
Upon reading Dr. Lea David’s recent essay “The Past Can’t Heal Us; the Double Edge Sword of the Human Rights Memorialization Agenda” as published in the Cambridge University Press blog, I was immediately taken by the originality of her central thesis – that mandating remembrance of historical injustices may not only serve not to remediate […]
Ancient Bones
Centering on the discovery Danuvius guggenmosi in the Allgäu region of Bavaria, and the paradigm-shifting implications this 11.6 million year old hominoid has to the development of upright walking in later hominins, “Ancient Bones” is a compelling read for all those who like their paleoanthropology mixed with a bit of good old-fashioned detective mystery.