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The Tomb of the Mili Mongga
Samuel Turvey (Bloomsbury: out now in the UK; 30 April in the US)
IT MUST have been disconcerting for biologist Samuel Turvey as he hunted for fossils in a cave on the Indonesian island of Sumba between 2011 and 2014. He attracted the close attentions of “huge tail-less whip scorpions with sickening flattened bodies, large spiny grabbing mouthparts, and grotesquely thin and elongated legs”.
In The Tomb of the Mili Mongga: Fossils, folklore, and adventures at the edge of reality, Turvey shares more…
