Kermit Pattison: The Quest for the Origins of the Human Species

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Kermit Pattison: The Quest for the Origins of the Human Species

Andrew Keen

Nov 16, 2020

On today's episode, Andrew talks with Kermit Pattison, author of Fossil Men, on answering the ultimate question: Where did we humans come from?

Kermit Pattison is a journalist whose work has appeared in the New York Times, GQ, Fast Company, and Inc., among many other publications. He spent more a decade doing research for Fossil Men, a large portion of which was spent in the field in Ethiopia with the team that discovered Ardi. This is his first book. He lives in St. Paul, Minnesota.

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