fossil hominids

Discusses new discoveries and innovations about Neanderthals and provides an assessment of the species.

Readers will learn about hominids, such as the species "Homo erectus" and the genus "Australopithecus", who help fill out the human family tree.

Uses paleoanthropology, interviews, museum exhibitions and science fiction to explore seven ancestral fossils from four continents and how they have become famous amongst the hundreds of fossils discovered.

Artist John Gurche describes the process by which he creates forensically accurate and realistic representations of ancient humans ancestors.

The author describes his 1974 discovery of Lucy, a 3.2-million-year-old hominid, and examines paleontological findings since then, discussing their influence on the study of evolution.

Presents an introduction to human fossils, discussing the human past, the first human fossils discovered in the nineteenth century, human teeth, human skulls, and more.

A collection of five lectures that summarize the author's attempts to track the past 100,000 years of human evolution by studying the genes of modern populations.

Discusses the influence of social and political implications on evolutionary theories and argues that human origin can be traced to multiple regions rather than the popular opinion that all humans share a common ancestor.

Introduces the Neanderthals. Also looks at the beginning of modern humankind and the events that gave rise to migrations to all corners of the globe.

Argues that there has been a variety of species in the development of the human, and that their extinction may have promoted the progress of homo sapiens, the human form that survives today.