Human Evolution: Trails from the Past

by Camilo José Cela Conde, Francisco J. Ayala

Human Evolution provides a comprehensive overview of hominid evolution, synthesising data and approaches from fields as diverse as physical anthropology, evolutionary biology, molecular biology, genetics, archaeology, psychology and philosophy.
The book starts with chapters on evolution, population genetics, systematics, and the methods for constructing evolutionary trees. These are followed by a comprehensive review of the fossil history of human evolution since our divergence from the apes. Subsequent chapters cover more recent data,
both fossil and molecular, relating to the evolution of modern humans. A final section describes the evolution of culture, language, art, and morality.
The authors are leading experts in two complementary fields of scholarship, physical anthropology and molecular evolution. Throughout the book they successfully integrate their expertise in evolutionary theory, phylogenetics, genomics, cultural evolution, language, aesthetics and morality to
produce a cutting edge textbook, copiously illustrated and with an extensive and up-to-date bibliography. It will be suitable for both senior undergraduate and graduate level students taking courses on human evolution within departments of biology, anthropology, psychology and philosophy. The book
will also appeal to a more general audience seeking a readable, up-to-date and inclusive treatment of human origins and evolution.

Genres: Science, Nonfiction, Anthropology, Evolution

446 pages, Hardcover

First published November 17, 2007

About the author

Camilo José Cela Conde Arcadio is a Spanish writer and professor of Philosophy of Law, Ethics and Policy at the University of the Balearic Islands. He is also a researcher and navigator.

He is the son of the 1989 Nobel Prize winner Camilo José Cela.