Year: 2011
By: Alice Roberts
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley
ISBN: 978-1-4053-6165-1
English language
Format: PDF
Interactive table of contents: Yes
Number of Pages: 258

Come face to face with our ancestors Travel back 8 million years with "Evolution: The Human Story" and go on a fascinating journey to discover how our species has developed from tree-dwelling primates to modern humans. This is the first time that the story of evolution has been documented in such amazing visual detail thanks to the work of renowned Dutch paleoartists, Kennis and Kennis. Staggeringly realistic CGI and model reconstructions from original fossils bring us face to face with our ancestors portraying them as never before. Plus, Dr Alice Roberts shares her extensive knowledge helping answer all the big questions and more. "Evolution: The Human Story" is packed with all the latest discoveries and profiles every human ancestor to date from Ardipithecus ramidus to Homo neanderthalensis. It is an essential read for anyone fascinated in finding out where we come from.

04… Contents
08… Understanding Our Past
10… Back in Time
14… the Geological Record
16… What Are Fossils?
22… Finding Our Ancestors
24… Archaeological Science
26… Piecing It Together
28… Bringing Bones to Life
30… Reconstruction
32… Interpreting Behaviour
34… Primates
36… Evolution
38… Classification
40… the First Primates
44… New World Monkeys
46… Early Apes and Old World Monkeys
50… Modern Apes
54… Apes and Humans
56… Hominins
58… Human Evolution
60… Family Tree
62… Sahelanthropus Tchadensis
68… Orrorin Tugenensis Ardipithecus Kadabba
70… Ardipithecus Ramidus
74… Australopithecus Anamensis
75… Australopithecus Bahrelghazali Kenyanthropus Platyops
76… Australopithecus Afarensis
86… Australopithecus Africanus
92… Australopithecus Garhi Paranthropus Aethiopicus
93… Paranthropus Robustus Australopithecus Sediba
94… Paranthropus Boisei
98… Homo Habilis
108… Homo Georgicus
114… Homo Ergaster
122… Homo Erectus
128… Homo Antecessor
134… Homo Heidelbergensis
142… Homo Floresiensis
150… Homo Neanderthalensis
160… Homo Sapiens
172… Comparing Heads
174… Out of Africa
176… Human Migrations
178… Genetics of Past Migrations
180… First Hominin Migration
182… Last of the Ancients
184… a New Species Appears
186… East Along the Coast
188… the Colonization of Europe
190… Neanderthals and Modern Humans in Europe
192… North and East Asia
194… the New World
196… Oceania
198… from Hunters to Farmers
200… After the Ice
202… Huntergatherers
204… Rock Art
206… from Foraging to Food Production
208… Farmers in West and South Asia
210… Göbekli Tepe
212… Farmers in Africa
214… Farmers in East Asia
216… Farmers in Europe
218… Farmers in the Americas
220… Getting More from Animals
222… Craft Development
224… Metalworking
226… Trade
228… Religion
230… Newgrange
232… the First States
234… Mesopotamia and the Indus
236… Standard of Ur
238… Dynastic Egypt
240… Shang China
242… American Civilizations
244… Glossary
248… Index
255… Acknowledgments

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