Discovering the Okapi: Western Science, Indigenous Knowledge, and the Search for a Rainforest Enigma by Simon Pooley (2025) 392 pp., Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA. ISBN 978-1-4214-5248-7 (pbk), USD 39.95.

2025/09/01 by Chloe Hodgkinson · 1 voice
Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · #Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory #Australian Indigenous Culture and History #Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies

paper · pdf · doi:10.1017/s003060532610307x

openalex publication_date 2025/09/01 · openalex created_date 2026/03/07 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30

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Discovering the Okapi: Western Science, Indigenous Knowledge, and the Search for a Rainforest Enigma by Simon Pooley (2025) 392 pp., Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA. ISBN 978-1-4214-5248-7 (pbk), USD 39.95.

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