Frank Westerman at Off the Shelf Festival
With an ancient skull as his starting point, Frank Westerman, one of Holland’s greatest non-fiction writers, travelled the globe tracing the search for the first human beings.
Frank Westerman introduces us to the world of skull hunters – experts in our fossil ancestry and reconsiders the work of paleoanthropologists in the light of new DNA technology, postcolonialism and the rise of women in this male-dominated field. This illustrated talk by a brilliant thinker hunts for answers to humanity’s most fundamental questions: Who are we? What makes us different from animals?
In conversation with Mary-Ann Ochota – a British broadcaster and anthropologist specialising in anthropology, archaeology, social history and adventure factual television.
Book sales
Books for this event will be available to buy at the venue on the night and most speakers will be signing books afterwards.
https://offtheshelf.org.uk/event/we-hominids-an-anthropological-detective-story/