On becoming human

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List of illustrations Preface Acknowledgements 1. Darwin and the descent of 'man' 2. Models in evolution 3. African apes and human evolution 4. Chimpanzees as a model of the ancestral population: locomotion, tools and diet 5. Chimpanzees as a model of the ancestral population: social organisation and interaction 6. Chimpanzees as a model of ancestral population: mental capacities, communication and sociation - bases for the evolution of the capacity for culture 7. The transition to Australopithecus: natural and sexual selection in human origins 8. Evidence on the transition: what can the earliest hominid fossils reveal about the ancestral population and the transition? 9. Gathering and the australopithecine way of life 10. Early hominid lifeways: the critical role of an interpretive framework 11. Conclusion: becoming human Bibliography Acknowledgements and bibliography for illustrations Indexes.

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