human evolution

Discusses how, despite no real biological changes, human beings have evolved, and offers predictions on future upgrades and changes based on the scientific and technological accomplishments of the twenty-first century.

Draws on new findings to examine the ancestral human population that lived in Africa fifty thousand years ago, explaining how the human line evolved from African apes to humans with the unique gift of language.

Explores how recent scientific discoveries have prompted a dramatic reappraisal of common beliefs about the history of humans.

Offers an overview of the fundamental concepts used to study and understand human origins and evolution, and explains what science has learned about how the species has evolved in response to its environment and needs.

The author explores the major steps in human evolution, and examines ancient fossils unearthed in the Sahara Desert as well as an analysis of DNA to provide clues to human ancestry.

A brief introduction to the evolution and characteristics of prehistoric people from apelike prehumans to modern man.

Follows scientists in the field and chronicles debates behind the scenes in the study of human fossils.

Anthropologist Helen Fisher explains how the brain reacts when a person falls in love, concluding that romantic passion is hardwired into the brains of humans by millions of years of evolution.

The story of how the human mind evolved and what happened once Homo sapiens learned to speak.

Uses genetic and fossil evidence to argue that human beings originated in Africa less than 100,000 years ago and challenges the belief that the species evolved as separate races with genetic roots from over two million years ago.