In an exploration of human evolution, a Cambridge professor explains such questions as where human ancestors lived, what they wore and ate, and whether they spoke.
256 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 29 cm
Other Title:
Human evolution revealed
Notes:
Includes index
Contents:
Meet the family Meet the ancestors. Proconsul africanus ; Dryopithecus ; Sahelanthropus tchadensis ; Ardipithecus ramidus ; Australopithecus afarensis ; Australopithecus africanus ; Paranthropus robustus ; Homo habilis ; Homo erectus, Homo ergaster ; Homo floresiensis ; Homo heidelbergensis ; Homo neanderthalensis ; Homo sapiens The human odyssey. The great African dispersal : first steps ; Tools and culture ; Into Australasia ; The origins of art ; The move into Europe ; Tools become weapons ; The peopling of the Americas ; The changing climate
