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The Jesuit and the skull : Teilhard de Chardin, evolution, and the search for Peking Man / Amir D. Aczel

This account details the 1929 discovery of the Peking Man skull and its impact on Jesuit priest Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. It examines his efforts to reconcile evolutionary theory with Catholic doctrine and his subsequent ostracisation by the Church.

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