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The Forgotten Fossil: The Wild Homo Calpicus of Gibraltar (2016)

Madison, Paige (Author)

Endeavour: Review of the Progress of Science
Volume: 40
Issue: 4
Pages: 268-270

DOI: 10.1016/j.endeavour.2016.09.005

URI: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160932716300862

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Fossils are crucial pieces of evidence that illuminate the past. In the case of paleoanthropology, the discipline that studies human evolution, fossils are tangible objects that shape the ways we understand ourselves and our history. But how, exactly, do fossils find their way into these narratives, and into scientific journals and museums? How do they become pieces of evidence? The Forbes skull reveals a fossil that struggled to become a noteworthy piece of evidence. It was twice lost, first in a library cabinet on the Rock of Gibraltar, and later, in a London museum storeroom. The Forbes fossil's story reminds us that science takes place in particular times and places, and that the ways we think about human origins are contingent on those circumstances.

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