Darwin’s hunch

Christa Kuljian is a Research Associate at the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research (WiSER) and graduated with an MA in Creative Writing from the University of the Witwatersrand in 2007. Kuljian studied with palaeontologist Stephen Jay Gould for her BA in the History of Science at Harvard (1984), which provided inspiration for Darwin's Hunch.

• Prologue: The response to Homo Naledi; Part One: Searching for Difference: 1. “The Most Interesting Specimens Were the Natives”; 2. The response to the Taung Child Skull: Born in Africa? “Preposterous”; 3. Race Typology and ‘Specimens of Natural History’;

"With its unsparing wealth of personal and historical detail, there's nothing else like Darwin's Hunch available." Ian Tattersall, Curator Emeritus, American Museum of Natural History; "Powerful and revealing. Darwin's Hunch is a fantastic read." Xolela Mangcu, Professor of Sociology, University of Cape Town, and author of Biko: A Biography; "Kuljian's writing is astute and insightful, bringing out new dimensions and details throughout." - Saul Dubow, Queen Mary University of London, author of Scientific Racism in Modern South Africa.