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The origin of language : how we learned to speak and why / by Beekman, Madeleine,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.In a radical new story about the birth of our species, evolutionary biologist Madeleine Beekman argues that it was not hunting, tool-making, or fighting that led to human speech, but the need to care for our helpless young. This thought-provoking work explores how cooperation and childrearing drove the emergence of language.
Subjects: Communication in anthropology.; Human evolution.; Language and languages; Mother and child;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Chasing the night / by Johansen, Iris.;
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Mystery fiction.; Suspense fiction.; Duncan, Eve (Fictitious character); Facial reconstruction (Anthropology); Kidnapping; Women sculptors;
© 2010., St. Martin's Press,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Another Bone-Swapping Event. by Fox, Brad.;
In 'Another Bone-Swapping Event', Brad Fox tells the story of a year he spent stuck in the high jungles of Peru living with a family of Quechua-speaking curanderos responsible for a hundred-hectare stretch of jungle. In the care of local maestro Miguel Tapullima, Fox gets a crash course in traditional medicine and takes readers on a labyrinthine tour, in turn contemplative and comic, navigating the coexisting realities of the human and more-than-human world.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology; BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Entheogens & Visionary Substances; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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Totem poles : an illustrated guide / by Halpin, Marjorie M.,1937-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 57-58)
Subjects: University of British Columbia. Museum of Anthropology.; Totem poles; Indian art;
© c1981., University of British Columbia Press in association with the U.B.C. Museum of Anthropology,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The bone hacker / by Reichs, Kathy,author.;
Called in to help investigate the murders of young male tourists on the islands of Turks and Caicos, forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan makes a discovery that could have global significance, making herself a target.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Brennan, Temperance (Fictitious character); Forensic anthropology; Murder; Women forensic anthropologists;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 3
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Stories we tell ourselves : making meaning in a meaningless universe / by Holloway, Richard,1933-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Throughout history we have told ourselves stories to try and make sense of what it all means: our place in a small corner of one of billions of galaxies, at the end of billions of years of existence. In this new book Richard Holloway takes us on a personal, scientific and philosophical journey to explore what he believes the answers to the biggest of questions are. He examines what we know about the universe into which - without any choice in the matter - we are propelled at birth and from which we are expelled at death, the stories we have told about where we come from, and the stories we tell to get through this muddling experience of life. Thought-provoking, revelatory, compassionate and playful, Stories We Tell Ourselves is a personal reckoning with life's mysteries by one of the most important and beloved thinkers of our time.
Subjects: Meaning (Philosophy); Religion and science.; Self-actualization (Psychology); Social history; Theological anthropology;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Fire and bones / by Reichs, Kathy,author.;
"Always apprehensive about working fire scenes, Tempe is called to Washington, DC, to analyze the victims of a deadly blaze and sees her misgivings justified. The devastated building is in Foggy Bottom, a neighborhood with a colorful past and present, and Tempe becomes suspicious about the property's ownership when she delves into its history. The pieces start falling into place strangely and quickly, and, sensing a good story, Tempe teams with a new ally, telejournalist Ivy Doyle. Soon the duo learns that back in the thirties and forties the home was the hangout of a group of bootleggers and racketeers known as the Foggy Bottom Gang. Though interesting, this fact seems irrelevant-until the son of a Foggy Bottom gang member is shot dead at his home in an affluent part of the district. Coincidence? Targeted attacks? So many questions. As Tempe and Ivy dig deeper, an arrest is finally made. Then another Foggy Bottom Gang-linked property burns to the ground, claiming one more victim. Slowly, Tempe's instincts begin pointing to the obvious: somehow, her moves since coming to Washington have been anticipated, and every path forward seems to bring with it a lethal threat"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Brennan, Temperance (Fictitious character); Arson investigation; Forensic anthropology; Murder; Women forensic anthropologists;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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Shadow play / by Johansen, Iris.;
"Eve Duncan is the most sought-after artist in the field of forensic sculpting. Dedicated to her work ever since her daughter Bonnie was taken and killed at the age of seven, Eve feels a sense of duty to those whose lives were lost and whose bones are now in her hands. When a sheriff in California contacts her with a request for help on the reconstruction of the skull of a nine-year-old girl whose body has been buried for eight years, his intensity and investment in the case puzzle her. But when the ghost of the girl begins communicating with her, Eve finds herself wrapped up in the case more intensely than she could have ever imagined. Not since Bonnie has Eve had such an experience, and suddenly she finds herself determined to solve the murder and help the little girl find peace. Except that the killer is still out there, and he knows Eve is on the case. And he won't rest until anything and anyone that could reveal his identity is eliminated ..."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Suspense fiction.; Mystery fiction.; Children; Cold cases (Criminal investigation); Duncan, Eve (Fictitious character); Facial reconstruction (Anthropology); Women sculptors;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Lost tombs of Notre Dame [videorecording] / by Boffey, Mercer,1982-narrator.; Le Goff, Christine,screenwriter,television producer.; Papillon, Marion,television producer.; Tran, Florence,television director,screenwriter.; PBS Distribution (Firm),publisher.; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.),broadcaster.;
Narrated by Mercer Boffey.After the devastating 2019 fire at Notre Dame, two mysterious sarcophaguses were discovered under the cathedral's stone floor. Who is buried in them, and what secrets will these coffins reveal? Follow a team of archaeologists and historians as they attempt to solve centuries-old mysteries using the latest scientific investigation techniques. What can forensic analysis of the remains reveal about one of the world's most famous cathedrals and those who devoted their lives to it?E.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; stereophonic.
Subjects: Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Nonfiction television programs.; Documentary television programs.; Science television programs.; Historical television programs.; Notre-Dame de Paris (Cathedral); Archaeology, Medieval.; Forensic anthropology.; Tombs; Excavations (Archaeology);
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Smokescreen / by Johansen, Iris,author.;
A journalist shows up on Eve Duncan's doorstep with a plea for help. Jill Cassidy has just come from a small African village with a heart wrenching story: half the villagers-- many of them children-- have been killed in a horrific attack by guerilla soldiers, the bodies burned beyond recognition. Now, the families desperately need Eve's help to get closure and begin to heal. But when Eve arrives in the remote jungle, she begins to suspect that Jill's plea may have been a cover story for a deeper, more sinister plot. Isolated and unsure who she can trust, Eve finds herself stranded in an unstable country where violence threatens to break out again at any moment and with only her own instincts to rely on if she hopes to get home to her family alive ...
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Duncan, Eve (Fictitious character); Facial reconstruction (Anthropology); Journalists; Civil war; War crimes; Conspiracies; Political corruption;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 4
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