The evolution of modern humans was a complex process, involving major changes in levels
of diversity through time. The fossils and stone tools that record the spatial distribution of our …

If we restrict the use of Homo sapiens in the fossil record to specimens which share a
significant number of derived features in the skeleton with extant H. sapiens, the origin of our …

Exactly how modern humans evolved is a subject of intense debate. This book deals with
the evolution of modern humans from an archaic ancestor and the differentiation of modern …

We challenge the view that our species, Homo sapiens, evolved within a single population
and/or region of Africa. The chronology and physical diversity of Pleistocene human fossils …

The brief length and focused coverage of Human Evolution: An Illustrated Introduction have
made this best-selling textbook the ideal complement to any biology or anthropology course …

Human beings persist in an extraordinary range of ecological settings, in the process
exhibiting enormous behavioural diversity, both within and between populations. People …

The twenty‐first century brought certainty to the understanding that people alive today and
their immediate ancestors—modern humans—are not uniquely the descendants of a recent …

Humans are uniquely unique, in terms of the extreme differences between them and other
living organisms, and the impact they are having on the biosphere. The evolution of humans …

Humans have dramatically altered the planet over the course of a century, from the acidity of
our oceans to the fragmentation of our landscapes and the temperature of our climate …

The common ancestor of modern humans and the great apes is estimated to have lived
between 5 and 8 Myrs ago, but the earliest evidence in the human, or hominid, fossil record …