The Complete World of Human Evolution
Chris Stringer
Peter Andrews
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| ‘It is difficult to fault this book … it provides everything that a fresh, imaginative introductory course on the subject should … and it deserves the widest readership. It is clearly and authoritatively written, attractively illustrated with plenty of reconstructions to catch the imagination, well bound and inexpensive.’ | | – The Times Higher Education Supplement |
‘By far the best illustrated introduction for the general reader to that 20-million-year-
long tale … clearly and accurately told’ | | – New Scientist |
| ‘Readable and accessible … this is the book to read’ | | – BBC History Magazine |
| ‘Read it and evolve’ | | – Current World Archaeology |
• Up-to-the-minute illustrated account of our origins
• Created in full collaboration with the Natural History
Museum, London
• Written by two of the world’s foremost scientists in
the field
Lavishly illustrated with photographs, diagrams and specially commissioned reconstructions, this compelling and authoritative account is essential reading for anyone interested in the story of human origins.
• In Search of Our Ancestors examines how sites such as Olduvai Gorge and Boxgrove are excavated and dated and how technological advances are transforming our understanding.
• The Fossil Evidence traces the origins and development of primates and humans and the growing impact of genetic studies, including the extraction of DNA from extinct species. The latest finds are evaluated, as is the extraordinary new human species, Homo floresiensis, discovered recently in Indonesia.
• Interpreting the Evidence reconstructs and explains the evolution of human behaviour, including the development tool use, symbolism and art, and describes the spread of modern humans from Africa to all corners of the world.
Chris Stringer is Head of Human Origins at the Natural History Museum, London, and Peter Andrews formerly held the same position. Both have been active researchers in palaeoanthropology for over thirty years, and have witnessed at first hand some of the most significant discoveries and breakthroughs in the reconstruction of our evolution.
Also of interest:
Charles Darwin: The Scholar Who Changed Human History
Archaeology: Theories, Methods and Practice
Genes, Memes and Human History |
|  |  | | | | ISBN 0500051321 | | ISBN-13 978-0500051320 | | | | 25.4 x 19.2 cm | | Hardback | | 240pp | | 432 illustrations, 180 in colour | | First published 2005 | | | | £24.95 | | | |  | | | | 
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