The people's Peking man
The people's Peking man
About this book
After the communist revolution of 1949, Peking man became a prominent figure in the Chinese movement to bring science to the people. In a new state with twin goals of crushing superstition and establishing a socialist society, the story of human evolution was the first lesson in Marxist philosophy delivered to the masses.
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- OL Work ID
- OL9548539W
Subjects
Communism and sciencePaleoanthropologyPeking manAnthropologyChina, historyCommunism and social sciencesFossil hominidsHomo erectusPaleontologyCommunism, chinaScience, chinaNATUREFossilsPekingmenschPaläanthropologiePopularisierungKommunismusWissenschaft