"The Anthropologist Who Thinks Too Much" Author: [US] Lee Sang-hee / [Korea] Yoon Shin-young Publisher: Tianjin Science and Technology Press

Introduction · · · · · ·
This is an interesting popular science book that introduces anthropology. 22 stories about human evolution reveal the mystery of our origins. Professor of anthropology at the University of California, Li Xiangxi uses humorous language, stories close to life, and professional anthropological knowledge to answer a series of questions such as "Who are you? Where do you come from? Where are you going?" He explains how we evolved step by step from ordinary animals to intelligent humans, and how much we paid for it.

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About the Author
Lee Sang-hee graduated from the Department of Archaeology and Art History of Seoul National University and obtained a master's and doctoral degree in anthropology from the University of Michigan. She has served as a postdoctoral researcher at the Graduate Institute for Advanced Studies in Japan, a contracted assistant professor at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and an assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Riverside. She is currently a professor in the department. Lee Sang-hee has been persistently studying the origin and evolution of humans and has published more than 30 papers to date. She also often publishes articles on the Internet to discuss topics about human evolution with readers.

Yoon Shin-young is a journalist and former editor-in-chief of the scientific journal Science East Asia. He majored in bioengineering at the Department of Urban Engineering at Yonsei University, and later studied environmental science at the Institute of Environmental Studies at Seoul National University. He loves to talk about science and is keen on reading science books and related magazines. He also attaches great importance to the humanities and social sciences as an eye for insight into the world and society. He has written books such as "Say Hello to Those Who Disappear", "The Nobel Prize That Surprised Even Nobel", and "Science, Flying in October" alone or with others. In 2009, he won the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science Speech Award.