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Foreword | p. 16 |
We Were Not Alone: Introduction | p. 18 |
Twenty-Two Species of Extinct Human Ancestors | p. 24 |
The Earliest African Hominids | |
Morning Encounters | |
Sahelanthropus tchadensis | p. 29 |
Orrorin tugenensis | p. 34 |
Ardipithecus ramidus and kadabba | p. 39 |
Omo, Lake Turkana, and Awash Basins and the Appearance of the Human Lineage | |
A Much Welcomed Visit | |
Australopithecus anamensis | p. 50 |
We Are Family | |
Kenyanthropus platyops | p. 58 |
The First Nomad? | |
Australopithecus afarensis | p. 65 |
Dispatching a Mortal Enemy | |
Paranthropus aethiopicus | p. 79 |
The First Tool-Using Scavenger? | |
Australopithecus garhi | p. 87 |
The South African Fossil Caves Sites | |
The Animal Trap | |
Australopithecus africanus | p. 96 |
To Live and Die on the High Veldt | |
Paranthropus robustus/crassidens | p. 107 |
Back to the East African Great Rift Valley and the Appearance of Homo | |
A Two Leg Advantage | |
Homo rudolfensis | p. 117 |
The Luck of the Pygmy | |
Homo habilis | p. 124 |
In the Shadow of Man | |
Paranthropus boisei | p. 133 |
When Opportunity Knocks | |
Homo ergaster | p. 141 |
From Africa to Asia? | |
A Handful of Know-How | |
Homo georgicus | p. 151 |
Eve Without Adam | |
Homo erectus | p. 158 |
A Winter Night's Desperation | |
Homo pekinensis | p. 168 |
An Island Sunset for the Little People | |
Homo floresiensis | p. 176 |
Africa, Europe, and then the World | |
The Ultimate Competitor | |
Homo antecessor | p. 185 |
How to Grow a Sugarplum Tree | |
Homo rhodesiensis | p. 194 |
Greed and Equality | |
Homo heldelbergensis | p. 201 |
Hunters and Hunted | |
Homo neanderthalensis | p. 210 |
Then There Was One | |
Homo sapiens | p. 222 |
Afterword | p. 230 |
The Search for Faces of the Past | p. 232 |
Portraits of Prehistory: Imaging Our Ancestors | p. 237 |
Further Reading | p. 251 |
Acknowledgments | p. 252 |
Index | p. 253 |
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