Shaping humanity : how science, art, and imagination help us understand our origins / John Gurche.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-337) and index.

Beginnings : Sahelanthropus tchadensis (6 to 7 million years ago) -- Walkers and climbers : Australopithecus afarensis (3.6 to 2.9 million years ago) -- The impossible discovery : Australopithecus africanus (3.3 to 2. 1 million years ago) -- The paradoxical specialist : Paranthropus boisei (2.3. to 1.0 million years ago) -- Interlude: Transitional hominins and the origin of Homo -- The traveler : Homo erectus (1.8 to 0.1 million years ago) -- A symbolic animal : Homo heidelbergensis (0.7 to 0.2 million years ago) -- The other : Homo neanderthalensis (0.25 to 0.027 million years ago) -- The unlikely survivor : Homo floresiensis (0.095 to 0.017 million years ago) -- Linked : Homo sapiens (0.2 million years ago -- ?) -- Endings.