The Skull in the Rock

The Skull in the Rock: How a Scientist, a Boy, and Google Earth Opened a New Window on Human Origins by Marc Aronson

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Because of the new Common Core, I feel I need to read more non-fiction.  This actually could be a good way to learn about a variety of subjects because YA non-fiction is usually short and written so it is easy to understand.  This book was perfect for this purpose and actually got me excited about the possibility of finding fossils.  It is about a scientist, Professor Lee Berger and his 9-year-old son, Matthew, who discovered two two-million-year-old fossils.  One was of an adult female and the other a young male.  Matthew had trained his eye to spot such things because of work with his father.  What a great experience for a young child.  There is a website www.scimania.org where scientists will be posting any new research on some aspect of the sediba, which is what this discovery of fossils is called.  I think this might be an interesting site to watch. 



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