Rob Boyd and I have coauthored a textbook entitled How Humans Evolved which is designed for use in introductory classes in human evolution and biological anthropology. This text differs from others in several ways:

• A more thorough treatment of evolutionary theory, including discussions of the evolution of quantitative characters, kin selection, sexual selection, life history evolution, and parent offspring conflict.
• A modern behavioral-ecological discussion of primate behavior.
• An extensive treatment of evolutionary psychology and human behavioral ecology.

The fourth edition of How Humans Evolved will be available in late 2005. It has been shortened, updated, and improved. The new material includes:

• Updating of the fossil record to reflect the most current scholarship
• Expanded coverage of gene regulation and its role in cell differentiationt
• Discussion of life history theory linked with the evolution of primates’ cognitive abilities
• New data on the origin of primates, the New World primate radiation, and Miocene apes
• New data on global paleoclimates
• New discussion of recent work on rates of development in extinct hominins
• New sections on the Herto fossils and what genetic sequence data tells us about human evolution
• Revised selections that provide a more integrated view of human diversity and contemporary human behavior
• New examination of how evolution has shaped the psychology underlying decisions about mating and parenting

For more information point your browser to the How Humans Evolved page at the W.W. Norton web site