Introduction: famous fossils, hidden histories
The old man of La Chapelle: the patriarch of paleo
Piltdown: a name without a fossil
The Taung child: the rise of a folk hero
Peking Man: a curious case of paleo-noir
The ascension of an icon: Lucy in the sky
The precious: Flo's life as a hobbit
Sediba: TBD (to be determined)
Afterword: O fortuna!: a bit of luck, a bit of skill.
