Contents

Contents : What's a human? -- Small beginnings -- Age of the apes -- How do we know who our ancestors were? -- Walking upright -- 'Ardi' the walker -- 'Lucy' and the first tools -- Tool makers -- Handy man -- We have fire! -- Upright human -- Somewhere to live -- Heidelberg man -- Neanderthals -- Just like us? -- Modern humans -- Out of Africa -- Smart hunters -- Make life easier -- Time to eat! -- Putting down roots -- Running with wolves -- Villages, towns, cities -- Buying and selling -- Health care -- Jewellery, trinkets, and charms -- Making a mark -- Good for the soul -- Look who's talking -- Growing up as a human -- The 'hobbit': our last cousin -- What next? -- Human family tree -- Global humans -- index.