The Orce Man Controversy, Media and Politics in Human Origins Research.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Carandell Baruzzi, Miquel
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Boston : BRILL, 2020.
Series:	Cultural Dynamics of Science Ser.
Subjects:	Human remains (Archaeology) Prehistoric peoples > Spain > Orce. Human beings > Origin. Human beings > Origin Prehistoric peoples Spain > Orce
Online Access:	Click for online access

Table of Contents:

Half Title
Series Information
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgements
Maps and Figures
A Rough Guide to the Orce Man
Introduction-The Orce Man
Chapter 1 Discovery (1976-1984)
1.1 Setting the Scientific and Political Scene
1.2 'Look What We've Found!' The Orce Man among Politicians, Experts and the Public
1.3 The 'Spanish Olduvai' and the Discoverers' Reward
1.4 A Great Post- Franco Discovery and a Small but Troubling Crest
Chapter 2 Controversy (1984-1987)
2.1 A Painful Trip to Paris: From Man to Donkey
2.2 A Country's 'Obsession': 'Is the Orce Man our Ancestor?'
2.3 Science in a 'Different Dimension'
Chapter 3 Conference (1987-1996)
3.1 Gibert's Research Team and the Conference Preparation
3.2 An International Conference as a 'Tool' to Convince
3.3 A Triple Victory (Science, Media and Politics)
3.4 Scientific Conferences: Much More than Debates among Colleagues
Chapter 4 End (1996-2007)
4.1 An Unexpected Attack
4.2 Control of the Remains Means Control of the Research
4.3 The Process of Isolation
4.4 The Hominids That Came from the South: Gibert's Popular Science Book
4.5 The End of a Long Controversy
Chapter 5 A 'First' American to Compare: The Pedra Furada Controversy
Chapter 6 Coda: The 'Orce Boy'
Chapter 7 The Orce Man: Controversy, Failure, Media and Politics
Annexes
Annex 1 Anatomical Features of the Orce Man
Annex 2 News from 1983 to 1999
Annex 3 The Travelling Bone
Bibliography
1 Interviews
2 Archives
3 Secondary Literature
4 The Press
Index

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