Origins Reconsidered
In Search of What Makes Us Human »

Origins
The Emergence and Evolution of Our Species and Its Possiblefuture »

Origins Reconsidered
An account of Richard Leakey's search for not only human origins, but also the origin of humanity. Since writing Origins in 1978, he has shifted his studies ... »

The Sixth Extinction
Patterns of Life and the Future of Humankind »

Java Man
How Two Geologists Changed Our Understanding of Human Evolution »

Kanzi: The Ape at the Brink of the Human Mind
The Ape at the Brink of the Human Mind »

Patterns In Evolution
The advent of genetic analysis, sometimes of DNA extracted from the remains of creatures that lived thousands of years ago, has enabled scientists to remap t... »

Alex & Me
How a Scientist and a Parrot Discovered a Hidden World of Animal Intelligence--And Formed a Deep Bond in the Process. »

Origin Of Modern Humans
The tools used to unearth the facts of our prehistoric past have not always been tangible. This text looks at the area of discovering new fossil and new meth... »

Complexity
Life at the Edge of Chaos »