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This book replaces the 2007 book The Human Story authored by Charles Lockwood, and has been completely rewritten to reflect scientific advancements in the last decade.Over the past 40 years there has been an explosion of species' names in the story of human evolution, due both to new discoveries and to a growing understanding of the diversity that existed in the past. Drawing on this new information, as well as their own considerable expertise and practical experience, Chris Stringer and Louise Humphrey explain in clear, easy-to-follow language, what each of the key species represents and how it contributes to our knowledge of human evolution.They describe the main sites, the individual fossils, the people and stories involved in the key discoveries and the basic facts about each species - what it looked like, how and when it lived and what it ate as well as explaining how we know all this.Includes drawings, photographs and maps throughout which demystify the fascinating cast of characters who hold the secret to man's origins.

Human evolution. --- Human evolution

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L’origine et l’évolution des formes de vie terrestre peuvent être expliquées par les lois de la physique, de la chimie et de la biologie. Cet ouvrage nous dévoile nos connaissances sur l’origine et l’évolution du vivant, des premières molécules organiques aux premières cellules, des premiers organismes multi cellulaires à l’homme. La théorie scientifique de la sélection naturelle, proposée par Charles Darwin il y a 150 ans, est expliquée et discutée en s’appuyant sur les données les plus récentes issues du séquençage de nombreux génomes. On découvrira que les êtres vivants sont imparfaits, que le milieu naturel ne sélectionne pas des organismes optimisés mais simplement les plus aptes à se reproduire. Il y a peu d’inventions nouvelles, régulièrement des « bricolages évolutifs » créent les diversités génétique, physiologique et morphologique observées. Tout ce qui paraissait assez mystérieux aux scientifiques apparaît aujourd’hui plus clairement à la lecture des génomes. Finalement, le domaine de la biologie synthétique et de la modification dirigée des génomes est abordé, avec tout ce que ces approches apportent à la fois comme espoir pour l’humanité de transcender sa propre espèce et comme immense défi de société dans ce siècle encore jeune. Guy-Franck Richard est directeur de recherche à l’Institut Pasteur et dirige l’équipe « Instabilités naturelles & synthétiques des génomes » du CNRS.

Human evolution --- History.

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Pictorial reconstructions of ancient human ancestors have twin purposes: to make sense of shared ancestry and to bring prehistory to life. Stephanie Moser analyzes the close relationship between representations of the past and theories about human evolution, showing how this relationship existed even before a scientific understanding of human origins developed. How did mythological, religious, and historically inspired visions of the past, in existence for centuries, shape this understanding? Moser treats images as primary documents, and her book is lavishly illustrated with engravings, paintings, photographs, and reconstructions.In surveying the iconography of prehistory, Moser explores visions of human creation from their origins in classical, early Christian, and medieval periods through traditions of representation initiated in the Renaissance. She looks closely at the first scientific reconstructions of the nineteenth century, which dramatized and made comprehensible the Darwinian theory of human descent from apes. She considers, as well, the impact of reconstructions on popular literature in Europe and North America, showing that early visualizations of prehistory retained a firm hold on the imagination-a hold that archaeologists and anthropologists have found difficult to shake.

Human evolution --- Prehistoric peoples --- Pictorial works --- History.

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Ancestral DNA, Human Origins, and Migrations describes the genesis of humans in Africa and the subsequent story of how our species migrated to every corner of the globe. Different phases of this journey are presented in an integrative format with information from a number of disciplines, including population genetics, evolution, anthropology, archaeology, climatology, linguistics, art, music, folklore and history. This unique approach weaves a story that has synergistic impact in the clarity and level of understanding that will appeal to those researching, studying, and interested in population genetics, evolutionary biology, human migrations, and the beginnings of our species. Integrates research and information from the fields of genetics, evolution, anthropology, archaeology, climatology, linguistics, art, music, folklore and history, among others.

Genetics --- Zoology --- Human evolution. --- Human genetics. --- Human beings --- Migrations.

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Hailed as a breakthrough in the understanding of human evolution, The History and Geography of Human Genes offers the first full-scale reconstruction of where human populations originated and the paths by which they spread throughout the world. By mapping the worldwide geographic distribution of genes for over 110 traits in over 1800 primarily aboriginal populations, the authors charted migrations and devised a clock by which to date evolutionary history. This monumental work is now available in a more affordable paperback edition without the myriad illustrations and maps, but containing the full text and partial appendices of the authors' pathbreaking endeavor.

Human population genetics --- Human evolution. --- Human geography. --- History.