peking man

"A . . . science writer draws upon the most recent discoveries in paleoarchaeology and evolutionary biology to present the seven most important steps leading to Homo sapiens"--Provided by publisher.

A Southern California boy finds a box of bones that may be the remains of prehistoric Peking Man which have been missing from a museum since World War II.

Examines the history of exploration and discovery at the Dragon Bone Hill archaeological site in China, the place where the fossils of Peking Man were found in the 1920s, tells the story of what happened to the original bones during the Japanese occupation of China, and speculates on the life of Peking Man, an early ancestor of humans.

Explores the work of Jesuit paleontologist Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, focusing on his role in the discovery of the Peking Man, how the Church reacted to his work, and his loyalty to his religion.