Human Evolution. (In 3 vols.) Book 3. Bones, Genes and Culture

The third volume of the renowned Human Evolution outlines the new discoveries made by archaeologists, palaeoanthropologists, ethologists and genetic scientists over the past ten years as well as new theories which helped us to complete our understanding of evolution of humans. New data can put new perspectives on some of the earlier findings and, at times, new interpretations can be offered. For example, a promising new idea has been proposed to explain the astonishingly rapid increase in brain size in evolution of humans, a theory of “cultural drive” or conjugated evolution of brain, social learning and culture.