The Orce Man
Controversy, Media and Politics in Spanish Human Origins Research
Description:... List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- A Rough Guide to the Orce Man -- 0. Introduction - The Orce Man -- 1. Discovery (1976-1982) -- 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 -- 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' -- 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 -- 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 -- 5. A 'First' American to compare with: The Pedra Furada controversy -- 6. Coda: The 'Orce Boy' -- 7. The Orce Man: controversy, failure, media and politics -- Appendices -- Annex I: Anatomical features of the Orce Man -- Annex II: News from 1983 to 1999 -- Annex III: The travelling bone -- Bibliography -- I. Interviews -- II: Archives -- III: Secondary Literature -- IV: The Press -- Index.
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