Human Origins (PDF) 2nd printing 2018

 (PDF ebook version) provides a richly illustrated narrative of our 'big history' – tracing out the major events from the big bang to the present with an emphasis on the last million years.The latest evidence from fossil bones, stone tools, artefacts and ancient DNA reveals how diet, past climate and landscape shaped many of the features that make us human. Ours is a deep, complex, incomplete and highly contentious history, but one that can enlighten us as to who we are and where we might be headed...