The Orce man : controversy, media and politics in Spanish human origins research /

Carandell Baruzzi, Miquel, 1981-

The Orce man : controversy, media and politics in Spanish human origins research / By Miquel Carandell Baruzzi. - 1 online resource (xix, 252 pages) : illustrations, maps. - Cultural dynamics of science. volume 3 .

Includes bibliographies and index.

"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"--



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Prehistoric peoples--Spain--Orce.
Human remains (Archaeology)--Spain--Orce.
Human beings--Origin.
Excavations (Archaeology)--Spain--Orce.


Electronic Books.

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