In an exploration of human evolution, a Cambridge professor explains such questions as where human ancestors lived, what they wore and ate, and whether they spoke.

Includes index.

Meet the family -- Meet the ancestors -- Proconsul africanus -- Dryopithecus ; Sahelanthropus tchadensis -- Australopithecus africanus -- Paranthropus robustus -- Homo habilis -- Homo erectus -- Homo ergaster -- Homo sapiens -- The human odyssey -- The great African dispersal -- Tools and culture -- Into Australasia -- The origins of art -- The move into Europe -- Tools become weapons -- The peopling of the Americas -- The changing climate.