“Rutherford describes [The Book of Humans] as being about the paradox of how our evolutionary journey turned ‘an otherwise average ape’ into one capable o

The hominin fossil record documents a history of critical evolutionary events that have ultimately shaped and defined what it means to be human, including the o

This generously illustrated book tells the story of the human family, showing how our species' physical traits and behaviors evolved over millions of years as o

Modern Humans is a vivid account of the most recent—and perhaps the most important—phase of human evolution: the appearance of anatomically modern people (H