Human Origins: The Fossil Record

This updated, illustrated guide to the fossil record of human evolution brings together for easy reference, in one source, all the major finds of fossil hominoids and hominids. An essential source in physical anthropology classrooms and laboratories. 1. Introduction 2. Dawn Apes: Oligocene and Miocene Hominoids 3. Australopithecus: Pliocene-Pleistocene Hominids 4. Homo Habilis: Pliocene-Pleistocene Hominids 5. Homo Erectus: Pleistocene Hominids 6. Early Archaic Homo Sapiens: Middle Pleistocene Hominids 7. Late Archaic Homo Sapiens: Upper Pleistocene Hominids 8. Modern Homo Sapiens: Late Pleistocene-Holocene Hominids