Lydia Pyne is a writer, historian, and author of Genuine Fakes: What Phony Things Can Teach Us About Real Stuff (Bloomsbury, 2019); Seven Skeletons: The Evolution of the World’s Most Famous Fossil Humans (Viking, 2016); and Bookshelf (Bloomsbury, 2016).
Lydia Pyne
Articles
Like Flies to Honey: On Eric H. Cline’s “Digging Up Armageddon: The Search for the Lost City of Solomon”
Lydia Pyne reviews Eric H. Cline’s recent book, "Digging Up Armageddon: The Search for the Lost City of Solomon
Tortoise Futures
Lydia Pyne reviews "On the Backs of Tortoises: Darwin, the Galápagos, and the Fate of Evolutionary Eden" by Elizabeth Hennessy.
The Stories in Bones
Two new books about the complex afterlives of human bones.
I Hate to Wait: On Jason Farman’s “Delayed Response: The Art of Waiting from the Ancient to the Instant World”
Lydia Pyne impatiently explores “Delayed Response: The Art of Waiting from the Ancient to the Instant World” by Jason Farman.
History for Sale: On Paige Williams’s “The Dinosaur Artist: Obsession, Betrayal, and the Quest for Earth’s Ultimate Trophy”
Lydia Pyne digs into “The Dinosaur Artist: Obsession, Betrayal, and the Quest for Earth’s Ultimate Trophy” by Paige Williams.
Invisible Cities: Where Travelers Go Everywhere and Nowhere
Lydia Pyne examines the meaning of authenticity in Italo Calvino's surreal travelogue novella "Invisible Cities."
When the Last Shall Be First
Claire Cameron’s “The Last Neanderthal” is the first of a new genre of Neanderthal literature.
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