Kinship, religion, and economy were not" natural" to humans, nor to species of apes that had
to survive on the African savanna. Society from its very beginnings involved an uneasy …

That humans originated from Africa is well-known. However, this is widely regarded as a
chance outcome, dependant simply on where our common ancestor shared the land with …

How did we become the linguistic, cultured, and hugely successful apes that we are? Our
closest relatives--the other mentally complex and socially skilled primates--offer tantalizing …

First published in 1958, From Ape to Angel is a popular history of social anthropology which
sketches the extraordinary world of ethical, religious and marital customs revealed by the …

A wide-ranging and provocative new interpretation of the biological foundations of
sociocultural evolution, this book is a challenge both to the extremes of sociobiology and to …

Hominin evolutionary history is characterized by regular dispersals, cycles of colonization,
and entry into novel environments. This article considers the relationship between such …

Evolutionary scientists know that the line that divides humans from other animals has grown
increasingly blurry, yet many other fields, especially in the social sciences, have not really …

What separates modern humans from our primate cousins—are we a mere blink in the
march of evolution, or does human culture represent the definitive evolutionary turn? Dwight …

In spite of recent advances in the study of evolution, scholars have shied away from the most
intriguing problem of all--how and why animal nature became human nature. In confronting …

The great debates about human origins, cultural history, and human nature confront us with
two opposing images of human beings. One view emphasizes biology, the other …