Traces the history of paleoanthropology from its beginnings in the eighteenth century to the various fossil finds. Concentrating on the fossil evidence for human evolution, this work also covers the various genetic evidence about regional variations in the modern human genome that relate to our evol[...]

This comprehensive A to Z encyclopedia provides extensive coverage of important scientific terms related to improving our understanding of how we evolved. Specifically, the 5,000 entries cover evidence and methods used to investigate the relationships among the living great apes, evidence about what[...]