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  • The Skull of Australopithecus afarensis

    by William H. Kimbel, Yoel Rak, Donald C. Johanson ...
    Series series Human Evolution Series
    The book is the most in-depth account of the fossil skull anatomy and evolutionary significance of the 3.6-3.0 million year old early human species Australopithecus afarensis. Knowledge of this species is pivotal to understanding early human evolution, because 1) the sample of fossil remains of A. afarensis is among the most extensive for any early human species, and the majority of remains are of ... Read more

    $182.99 USD

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  • The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry

    The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry

    by Bryan Sykes ...
    The national bestseller that reveals how we are descended from seven prehistoric women.One of the most dramatic stories of genetic discovery since James Watson's The Double Helix, The Seven Daughters of Eve reveals the remarkable story behind a groundbreaking scientific discovery. After being summoned in 1997 to an archaeological site to examine the remains of a five-thousand-year-old man, Bryan ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Deep Ancestry

    Inside the Genographic Project

    by Spencer Wells ...
    Travel backward through time from today's scattered billions to the handful of early humans who lived in Africa 60,000 years ago and are ancestors to us all. In Deep Ancestry, scientist and National Geographic explorer Spencer Wells shows how tiny genetic changes add up over time into a fascinating story. Using scores of real-life examples, helpful analogies, and detailed diagrams and ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Folly of Fools

    The Logic of Deceit and Self-Deception in Human Life

    by Robert Trivers ...
    Whether it's in a cockpit at takeoff or the planning of an offensive war, a romantic relationship or a dispute at the office, there are many opportunities to lie and self-deceive -- but deceit and self-deception carry the costs of being alienated from reality and can lead to disaster. So why does deception play such a prominent role in our everyday lives? In short, why do we deceive?In his bold ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • Sex, Time, and Power

    How Women's Sexuality Shaped Human Evolution

    by Leonard Shlain ...
    As in the bestselling The Alphabet Versus the Goddess, Leonard Shlain’s provocative new book promises to change the way readers view themselves and where they came from.Sex, Time, and Power offers a tantalizing answer to an age-old question: Why did big-brained Homo sapiens suddenly emerge some 150,000 years ago? The key, according to Shlain, is female sexuality. Drawing on an awesome breadth of ... Read more

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    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Human Bone Manual

    by Tim D. White, Pieter A. Folkens ...
    Building on the success of their previous book, White and Folkens' The Human Bone Manual is intended for use outisde the laboratory and classroom, by professional forensic scientists, anthropologists and researchers. The compact volume includes all the key information needed for identification purposes, including hundreds of photographs designed to show a maximum amount of anatomical information.* ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • The Invaders

    How Humans and Their Dogs Drove Neanderthals to Extinction

    by Pat Shipman ...
    A Times Higher Education Book of the WeekApproximately 200,000 years ago, as modern humans began to radiate out from their evolutionary birthplace in Africa, Neanderthals were already thriving in Europe—descendants of a much earlier migration of the African genus Homo. But when modern humans eventually made their way to Europe 45,000 years ago, Neanderthals suddenly vanished. Ever since the first ... Read more

    $16.59 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Evolving Human Nutrition

    Implications for Public Health

    by Neil Mann, Sarah Elton, Stanley J. Ulijaszek ...
    Series Book 64 - Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology
    While most of us live our lives according to the working week, we did not evolve to be bound by industrial schedules, nor did the food we eat. Despite this, we eat the products of industrialization and often suffer as a consequence. This book considers aspects of changing human nutrition from evolutionary and social perspectives. It considers what a 'natural' human diet might be, how it has been ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

  • 6th Grade Ancient History: Dawn of Early Man

    Prehistoric Man Encyclopedia Sixth Grade Books

    by Baby Professor ...
    Series series Children's Prehistoric History Books
    How did early men live? What did they eat and how different were they from us today? You will find the answers to these questions within the pages of this educational book. The use of pictures is a welcome change as it provides relief from the boring texts. Picture are considered universal languages because they are understood regardless of reading and comprehension levels. Buy a copy now! ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • The Unpredictable Species

    What Makes Humans Unique

    by Philip Lieberman ...
    The Unpredictable Species argues that the human brain evolved in a way that enhances our cognitive flexibility and capacity for innovation and imitation. In doing so, the book challenges the central claim of evolutionary psychology that we are locked into predictable patterns of behavior that were fixed by genes, and refutes the claim that language is innate. Philip Lieberman builds his case with ... Read more

    $34.59 USD

  • Settling the Earth

    The Archaeology of Deep Human History

    by Clive Gamble ...
    In this worldwide survey, Clive Gamble explores the evolution of the human imagination, without which we would not have become a global species. He sets out to determine the cognitive and social basis for our imaginative capacity and traces the evidence back into deep human history. He argues that it was the imaginative ability to 'go beyond' and to create societies where people lived apart yet ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • The Cradle of Humanity

    How the changing landscape of Africa made us so smart

    by Mark Maslin ...
    Humans are rather weak when compared with many other animals. We are not particular fast and have no natural weapons. Yet Homo sapiens currently number nearly 7.5 billion and are set to rise to nearly 10 billion by the middle of this century. We have influenced almost every part of the Earth system and as a consequence are changing the global environmental and evolutionary trajectory of the Earth. ... Read more

    $10.49 USD