Illustrated with photographs, diagrams, and reconstruction drawings, this is essential reading for anyone interested in human origins. He has published over 250 scientific papers and his recent popular science books include The Complete World of Human Evolution (2011, with Peter Andrews). There are new discoveries of Australopithecus, updates on the dating of hominin sites, results of new DNA analyses, and much more. The big gap in the fossil record in Africa is beginning to be filled with the discovery of several new species of apes in Kenya and Ethiopia that date from ten to nine million years ago. Since this book was first published in 2005 there have been exciting new developments in the story of ape and human evolution, and the authors take account of them in this revised edition. Julia Galway-Witham and Chris StringerAuthors Info & Affiliations. In the intervening period, dozens of species of early ape and human have lived and died out, leaving behind the fossilized remains that have helped to make the detailed picture of our evolution revealed here. Genetic and fossil evidence challenges current models of modern human evolution. The earliest apes evolved around twenty million years ago, yet Homo sapiens has existed for a mere 160,000 years. Complete World of Human Evolution / Edition 2 by Chris Stringer Paperback View All Available Formats & Editions Buy New 29.95 Buy Used 23.03 Reserve Now, Pay in Store Overview Human domination of the earth is now so complete that it is easy to forget how recently our role in the history of the planet began. Human domination of the earth is now so complete that it is easy to forget how recently our role in the history of the planet began.
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