This engaging book tells the story of human evolution, asking if man is indeed the “chosen species” or merely an evolutionary accident.
- Written by world-renowned paleoanthropologists who are co-directors of the excavations at Atapuerca---a World Heritage Site and Europe’s oldest known burial site---where a new human species, homo antecessor, was discovered
- Discusses various hypotheses of human evolution, drawing conclusions from verifiable facts and well-founded argument
- Offers a compelling narrative written for nonspecialists and students of human evolution
- Includes over 60 illustrations
- Sold over 100,000 copies in the original Spanish-language edition
Acknowledgments.
Introduction: Prehistory.
Little Lucy.
Intrepid Paleontologists..
Part I: Children of Africa.
1. Basic Principles of Evolutionary Theory.
2. We the Primates.
3. Climate and Evolution.
4. The Origin of Humanity.
5. The Bipedal Chimpanzee.
6. Paranthropus - Hominids of the Open Plains.
7. A New Kind of Hominid.
8. The Evolution of the Brain.
9. Teeth, Guts, Hands, Brain.
10. Development.
11. Social Intelligence.
Summary..
Part II: A New Home.
12. New Locations for Human Evolution.
13. The Neanderthals.
14. The Origins of Modern Humanity: the Fossil Evidence.
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