Kermit Pattison is the author of Fossil Men: The Quest for the Oldest Skeleton and the Origins of Humankind (William Morrow/HarperCollins, 2020). The book won praise from The New York Times Book Review (“every bit as good as the best scientist-writers”), The San Francisco Book Review (“a brilliant multi-layered account…by far the most informative and insightful book I’ve read this year”), The Spectator (“A dazzling journey into deep geological time”), The Star Tribune (“brilliant book of reportage”), Politico (“reads like an Indiana Jones sequel”), and Radio New Zealand (“an epic tale beautifully told”). The book also won kudos from scientific publications including the Journal of Human Evolution (“perceptive and revealing”), the American Journal of Physical Anthropology (“meticulously described and brilliantly contextualized”), and The Inquisitive Biologist (“an incredibly well-researched book”). Fossil Men was picked as a favorite book of year by Science News and Editors’ Choice by The New York Times Book Review. Pattison also has written for Science, GQ, The New York Times, BBC Science Focus, Inc., Fast Company, and The New York Times Book Review. He lives with his family in Minnesota and is at work on another book about human evolution.
