The Incredible Human Journey by Alice Roberts

Alice Roberts has been travelling the world order to understand the challenges that early humans faced as they tried to settle continents. But she discovers that perhaps the most serious threat of all came from other humans. When our ancestors set out from Africa there were already two other species of human on the Neanderthal in Europe and Homo erectus in Asia. Both (contrary to popular perception) were intelligent, adept at making tools and weapons and were long adapted to their environments. So, Alice asks, why did only Homo sapiens survive? Part detective story, part travelogue, and drawing on the latest genetic and archaeological discoveries, Alice examines how our ancestors evolved physically in response to these challenges, finding out how our colour, shape, size, diet, disease resistance and even athletic ability have been shaped by the range of environments that our ancestors had to survive. This 2009 Bloomsbury Publishing Hardback is in very good condition. DJ. DJ slighly creased at lower front edge, otherwise good throughout.

ISBN: 9780747598398 SKU: 1579676 Note: Any image shown is from a stock photo and is not the actual book.

SKU: 1579676
Location: Science