Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Preface xiii
5. 1. Missing Links and Dawn Monkeys 1
6. 2. Toward Egypt’s Sacred Bull 29
7. 3. A Gem from the Willwood 61
8. 4. The Forest in the Sahara 87
9. 5. Received Wisdom 115
10. 6. The Birth of a Ghost Lineage 142
11. 7. Initial Hints from Deep Time 167
12. 8. Ghost Busters 194
13. 9. Resurrecting the Ghost 215
14. 10. Into the African Melting Pot 246
15. 11. Paleoanthropology and Pithecophobia 277
16. Notes 295
17. References Cited 313
18. Index 331