It has been suggested that the human species may be undergoing an evolutionary transition
in individuality (ETI). But there is disagreement about how to apply the ETI framework to our …

Human biological and cultural evolution are closely linked to technological innovations.
Direct evidence for tool manufacture and use is absent before 2.5 million years ago (Ma), so …

An account of the different ways in which things have become cognitive extensions of the
human body, from prehistory to the present. An increasingly influential school of thought in …

Unlike any other species, humans can learn and use language. This book explains how the
brain evolved to make language possible, through what Michael Arbib calls the Mirror …

How can we understand gender in the contemporary world? What differences now exist
between women and men? How are masculinities and femininities made? And what is the …

Although many species display behavioural traditions, human culture is unique in the
complexity of its technological, symbolic and social contents. Is this extraordinary complexity …

The geological record preserves evidence for two fundamental stages in the evolution of
Earth's biosphere, a microbial stage from~ 3.5 to 0.65 Ga, and a metazoan stage evident by …

Human children grow at a uniquely slow pace by comparison with other mammals. When
and where did this schedule evolve? Have technological advances, farming and cities had …

The Artful Species explores the idea that our aesthetic responses and art behaviors are
connected to our evolved human nature. Our humanoid forerunners displayed aesthetic …

Initial archaeological explorations of the early 1970s in the Kada Gona, Afar, Ethiopia
indicated the presence of artifacts of great antiquity in the region (Roche and Tiercelin, 1977 …