HOW HUMANS EVOLVED

The most complete introduction to the science of human evolution.

How Humans Evolved provides the most balanced overview available of physical anthropology's four main branches: genetics, primatology, paleoanthropology, and human behavior. In addition to offering a thorough introduction to each of these subjects, it does an exemplary job of showing how insights from each of these areas informs the others. Students receive an exceptionally well rounded understanding of how we evolved and why we are as we are today. Thoroughly updated with coverage of recent research and new discoveries, the Eighth Edition offers the most visual, dynamic, and effective learning tools in its field. The Eighth Edition also includes an expanded suite of animations that help students better visualize and understand tricky concepts, as well as real-world videos and InQuizitive adaptive learning. Robert Boyd has written widely on evolutionary theory, focusing especially on the evolution of cooperation and the role of culture in human evolution. His book Culture and the Evolutionary Process received the J. I. Staley Prize, and he has also published numerous articles in scientific journals and edited volumes. Boyd is currently the Origins Professor in the School of Evolution and Social Change at Arizona State University. Joan B. Silk has conducted extensive research on the social lives of mokeys and apes, including extended fieldwork on chimpanzees at Gombe Stream Reserve in Tanzania and on baboons in Kenya and Botswana. She is currently a professor in the School of Evolution and Social Change at Arizona State University.