Tigers in Africa: Stalking the Past at the Cape of Good Hope (Glynn Isaac Memorial Lecture, 3Rd.) - Softcover

"A delightful scholarly romp through the history and myths of the Cape." - J. M. Coetzee, author of Disgrace "Another exhilarating roller coaster by the acclaimed author of Digging through Darkness that celebrates how archaeology at the Cape of Good Hope illuminates what we know about the human career." - Richard G. Klein, Stanford University, author of The Human Career: Human Biological and Cultural Origins

This volume interweaves such diverse themes as colonial slavery and apartheid, human and carnivore evolution and science and romance, to show how we create the past and understand the present. It recounts the significance of the palaeontological findings of Raymond Dart, Robert Ardrey and Glynn Isaac, addressing a famous dispute about carnivore evolution that flourished in the heyday of apartheid. It sets pioneering exploration of the globe against archaeological surveys and romance quests in the African desert and contrasts the dark days of colonial slavery at the Cape with the bright prospects of Nelson Mandela's legacy there.