The Jesuit and the Skull: Teilhard de Chardin, Evolution, and the Search for Peking Man by Amir D. Aczel is a compelling narrative that intertwines the realms of science and faith through the life of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, a French Jesuit priest and pioneering paleontologist.  In 1929, Teilhard was part of a scientific team that unearthed the remains of Peking Man near Beijing—a discovery hailed as a crucial link in human evolution. This finding placed Teilhard at the epicenter of the contentious debate between evolutionary science and the doctrines of the Catholic Church. His efforts to harmonize his deep religious convictions with groundbreaking scientific evidence led to friction with Church authorities, resulting in censorship and exile. Some foxing on pages