Today, scholars from numerous and highly diverse fields are not only addressing the
question of what makes us human, but also seeking input from other disciplines to inform …

We all like telling stories about our past, though often the distinction between true history
and mythology is blurred. This may be harmless in some aspects of life, but not in science …

Because humans are the product of our evolutionary past, learning how we evolved is
fundamental to all anthropological investigations. We now realize that reconstructing why …

Since Darwin we have been in possession of two superficially dissonant facts. On one hand,
humans are merely one of millions of animal species, all products of common ancestry. On …

As anthropologists, we regard the evolutionary origins and diversification of the human
species as central—perhaps the central—topics of our discipline. Although I work on …

Recent developments in evolutionary biology have led to a call for an extension of standard
evolutionary theory, with its emphasis on processes such as selection and drift, into a much …

Principles of Human Evolution presents an in-depth introduction to paleoanthropology and
the study of human evolution. Focusing on the fundamentals of evolutionary theory and how …

The century long publication of this journal overlapped major changes in the sciences it
covers. We have been eyewitnesses to vast changes during the final third of the last century …

In this paper I explore the various attempts to integrate anthropology—and anthropologists—
within the wider synthesis of evolution in the interval of time between 1927 and 1962 by …

Evolutionary anthropology has traditionally focused on the study of small-scale, largely self-
sufficient societies. The increasing rarity of these societies underscores the importance of …