Abstract
Based on a collection of interviews with Tobias over a period of six years, on topics such as 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 1966; Tobias's political activism and medical ethics; and his personal philosophy concerning religion and evolution.
Original language | English |
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Place of Publication | Johannesburg, South Africa |
Publisher | Wits University Press |
ISBN (Print) | 9781868144778 |
Publication status | Published - 2008 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Tobias, Phillip V.--Interviews
- Paleoanthropologists--South Africa--Interviews
- Anatomists--South Africa--Interviews
- Evolution--Religious aspects
- Medical ethics--South Africa--Biography