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Our Oldest Companions
“A lively tale of dog domestication and migration.”—Nature“When, where, and how did the partnership between dogs and humans begin? Was it an accident? Was it inevitable?…A tour de …
The Invaders
A Times Higher Education Book of the WeekApproximately 200,000 years ago, as modern humans began to radiate out from their evolutionary birthplace in Africa, Neanderthals were …
Femme Fatale: Love, Lies, and the Unknown Life of Mata Hari
In 1917, the notorious Oriental dancer Mata Hari was arrested on the charge of espionage; less than one year later, she was tried and executed, charged with the deaths of at least …
The Animal Connection
Why do humans all over the world take in and nurture other animals? This behavior might seem maladaptive—after all, every mouthful given to another species is one that you cannot …
To the Heart of the Nile: Lady Florence Baker and the Exploration of Central Africa
A portrait drawn from personal journals and other historical documents discusses the nineteenth-century female adventurer's rescue from slavery, her education under and marriage to …
Clovis Mammoth Butchery
Thirteen millennia ago, in a small creek valley in western South Dakota, two mammoths perished. The mammoths, an adult and a juvenile, likely a cow and calf pair, died at the edge …
Neandertals
In 1856 - just as Darwin was completing ORIGIN OF SPECIES - the fossilized remains of a stocky, powerful human-like creature were discovered in a cave in the Neander Valley in …
The Human Skeleton
This is the most comprehensive approach ever made to the human skeleton as a biological entity. It provides a holistic view, from the molecular and cellular level up to functional …
Insulinde: Experiences of a Naturalist's Wife in the Eastern Archipelago
The Ape in the Tree
This book offers a unique insider's perspective on the unfolding discovery of a crucial link in our evolution: Proconsul, a fossil ape named whimsically after a performing …
The Neandertals: Changing the Image of Mankind
Taking Wing
In 1861, just a few years after the publication of Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species, " a scientist named Hermann von Meyer made an amazing discovery. Hidden in the …