Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Preface xi
4. Acknowledgments xv
5. Prologue 1
6. Chapter 1. Beginnings: Sahelanthropus tchadensis (6 to 7 million years ago) 7
7. Chapter 2. Walkers and Climbers: Australopithecus afarensis (3.6 to 2.9 million years ago) 31
8. Chapter 3. The Impossible Discovery: Australopithecus africanus (3.3 to 2.1 million years ago) 69
9. Chapter 4. The Paradoxical Specialist: Paranthropus boisei (2.3 to 1.0 million years ago) 87
10. Interlude: Transitional Hominins and the Origin of Homo 115
11. Chapter 5. The Traveler: Homo erectus (1.8 to 0.1 million years ago) 147
12. Chapter 6. A Symbolic Animal: Homo heidelbergensis (0.7 to 0.2 million years ago) 193
13. Chapter 7. The Other: Homo neanderthalensis (0.25 to 0.027 million years ago) 219
14. Chapter 8. The Unlikely Survivor: Homo floresiensis (0.095 to 0.017 million years ago) 265
15. Chapter 9. Linked: Homo sapiens (0.2 million years ago–?) 297
16. Chapter 10. Endings 309
17. Notes 319
18. Glossary 323
19. Bibliography 327
20. Index 339