Author Description

Sets out to provide answers to key questions in human evolution: When did we become human? Why is Africa so central in our evolutionary history? Why haven't other animals evolved like us? Are humans the way they are today because of natural selection? How did our social behavior evolve? Argues that the answers lie not in some aberration from the norms of evolution, but from the specific context of the past where our ancestors lived. He recreates the lost world of the hominid species that flourished over the last 5 million years or so. Written in non-technical language, this book will interest all those who want to know about humans & their place in nature.