Download or read book Bones and Bodies written by Alan G Morris and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2022-01-15 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an accessible account of the establishment of the scientific discipline of biological anthropology. The author takes readers back over the past century of anthropological discovery in South Africa and uncovers the stories of individual scientists and researchers who played a significant role in shaping perceptions of how peoples of southern Africa, both ancient and modern, came to be viewed and categorised both in the public imagination and the scientific literature. -- Description adapted from back cover.