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The world of Loren Eiseley

Chapter 1

The boy from Nebraska

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Chapter 2

The bone hunter's journey

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Chapter 3

The star thrower and other stories

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Chapter 4

A cosmic view of humanity

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Ch 2 · The bone hunter's journey
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schopenhauer From the badlands to the Ivy League

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schopenhauer The false sabertooth cats

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The false sabertooth cats

schopenhauer Nimravids were prehistoric predators that evolved deadly fangs long before true cats.

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The innocent assassins fossil

schopenhauer A tragic prehistoric cat fight fossilized in stone inspired Eiseley's most famous poem.

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Fun Fact

Prehistoric cat fights: The 'Innocent Assassins' fossil shows a 25-million-year-old Nimravus whose long fang was pushed straight through the arm bone of a rival.

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Glossary
fossil (noun)
The remains or impression of a prehistoric organism preserved in petrified form or as a mold or cast in rock. In 1932, Eiseley excavated prehistoric mammal fossils during a museum expedition to western Nebraska's Wildcat Hills.

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Gossip

Would you rather work in a quiet university library or a dusty desert dig?

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Which administrative role did Loren Eiseley hold at the University of Pennsylvania from 1959 to 1961?

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schopenhauer The South Party expeditions

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How old is the 'Innocent Assassins' fossil showing two prehistoric predators locked in combat?

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schopenhauer The innocent assassins fossil

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What major historical event in the 20th century influenced Eiseley's reflections on violence in 'The Innocent Assassins'?

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The fossilized skull of which prehistoric mammal inspired Eiseley's poem 'The Innocent Assassins'?

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In which rugged Nebraska landscape did Eiseley's team find the famous locked-saber fossil?

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What was the nickname of the University of Nebraska fossil-hunting team that Eiseley joined in 1932?

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Why are nimravids like the Nimravus called 'false sabertooth cats'?

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Eiseley earned his PhD in anthropology from which Ivy League university in 1937?

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