Penny Van Oosterzee: 3 books

Book cover of The Wallace Line: Where Worlds Collide
by Penny van Oosterzee
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2012

Why is it that the island of Bali is home to Asian birds such as the weaver bird, and the neighboring island of Lombok, just 24 kilometers away across a narrow strait, echoes to the screams of Australian cockatoos?This extraordinary biological boundary is known today as The Wallace Line. Like...
Book cover of A New Human

A New Human

The Startling Discovery and Strange Story of the "Hobbits" of Flores, Indonesia

by Mike Morwood, Penny van Oosterzee
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2009

In October 2004, a team of Australian and Indonesian anthropologists led by Mike Morwood and Raden Pandji Soejono stunned the world with their announcement of the discovery of the first example of a new species of human, Homo floresiensis, which they nicknamed the "Hobbit." This was no creation...
Book cover of A New Human

A New Human

The Startling Discovery and Strange Story of the "Hobbits" of Flores, Indonesia, Updated Paperback Edition

by Mike Morwood, Penny van Oosterzee
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016

In the most revolutionary archaeological find of the new century, an international team of archaeologists led by Mike Morwood discovered a new, diminutive species of human on the remote Indonesian island of Flores. Nicknamed the “Hobbit,” this was no creation of Tolkien's fantasy. The three foot...
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