ANTH 2201: World Prehistory: Human Origins

brings together leading scholars to explore how knowledge about chimpanzees can be used to understand both what is unique about our own species, and how these traits evolved.

How did humans, while undergoing few physical changes from their first arrival, so quickly develop the capacities to transform their world? This volume makes the case that neither side alone can answer the most important questions about our origins.

Presents a reconsidered overview of hominid evolution, synthesizing data and approaches from a range of inter-disciplinary fields.

Takes readers through seven stages of human evolution, beginning seven million years ago with the apes that were the ancestors of humans and today's chimps and bonobos. The story ends in the present day and offers a glimpse into the future.