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.