The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Human Evolution

Abstract

1. Introduction: what makes us human? 2. Patterns of primate evolution 3. The life of primates 4. The brain and language 5. Primate social organisation 6. Human evolution in geological context 7. The primate fossil record 8. Primate genetics and evolution 9. Genetic clues of relatedness 10. Early human behaviour and ecology 11. Human populations, past and present 12. Conclusion: the evolutionary future of humankind.