Close Contacts of Distant Ancestors: How Our Species Evolved

The book addresses a wide range of problems in biological anthropology. Among them: reproductive strategies of fossil hominins and primates in general, the emergence of conscious fatherhood; bipedalism in fossil ancestors; the evolution of brain size; diet (meat consumption and... overcoming lactose deficiency in adults); the increase in human lifespan during evolution; the transition from hunting-gathering to agriculture and its demographic consequences; altruism and much more. The topics are presented in the form of engaging popular stories that can be read in any order, making this work, based on lectures and articles by American researcher Sanha Lee, a successful first step in getting acquainted with issues in biological anthropology.