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1529355230

The book of science and antiquities.

Author: Keneally, Thomas.

Publication year: 2020

Language: English

Media class: Paperback

Publisher: London : Sceptre, 2020.

ISBN: 9781529355239 (pbk.) : 8.99

Notes:

Originally published: Australia: Vintage, 2018.

Shade belongs to a clan living peaceably on the shores of a bountiful lake. When trouble threatens, he knows that the Hero ancestors will ask him to kill, or sacrifice himself, to save his people. Over 40,000 years later, Shade's remains are unearthed near Lake Learned in Western Australia. The sensational discovery of 'Learned Man' sparks the interest of Shelby Apples, a documentary film maker, who tracks the long-running controversy that ensues: if Learned was not of our species, the Aboriginals could not claim to be the continent's first inhabitants; but if he was, his bones should be returned to them.