{"product_id":"cave-of-bones-lee-berger-9781426223884","title":"Cave of Bones: A True Story of Discovery, Adventure, and Human Origins","description":"\u003cb\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA 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.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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 \u003ci\u003eHomo naledi\u003c\/i\u003e, a proto-human likely to have coexisted with \u003ci\u003eHomo sapiens\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003enaledi\u003c\/i\u003e fossils had been found. Now he was ready to do so. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOnce inside the cave, Berger made shocking new discoveries that expand our understanding of this early hominid--discoveries that stand to alter our fundamental understanding of what makes us human. So what does it all mean? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJoin 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.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lee Berger, John Hawks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1426223889\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781426223884\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e National Geographic Society\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/08\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.40w x 1.10d","brand":"Lee Berger","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44133417255167,"sku":"9781426223884","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4001849e-d528-40b8-b999-609ba468a4ce.jpg?v=1687485993","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cave-of-bones-lee-berger-9781426223884","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}