Lowly Origin

Titled after the last two words of Darwin's Descent of Man and written by a leading scholar of human evolution, Lowly Origin is the first book to explain the sources and consequences of bipedalism to a broad audience. Along the way, it accounts for recent fossil discoveries that show us a still incomplete but much bushier family tree than most of us learned about in school. Book jacket.

Jonathan Kingdon is a Senior Research Associate at the Institute of Biological Anthropology and Department of Zoology of Oxford University

List of Figures

ix

List of Tables

xv

Acknowledgments

xvii

Preface to a Self-portrait from the Center of the World

1

(37)

On Being a Primate. From Gondwana to the Forests of Egypt

38

(37)

On Being an Ape. Excursions to Asia and Back

75

(40)

On Being a Ground Ape. Zanj

115

(36)

On Becoming a Biped. ``Evolution by Basin'': Domes, Rifts, and Floodplains

151

(43)

On Being a Manipulative Man-ape. Isolation in the South

194

(33)

On the Uncertainties of Becoming Human. Main-line, Side-line, or Parallel Humans?

227

(33)

On Going Far with Fire. Africans Go Abroad

260

(31)

On Being a Self-made Human. The Modern Diaspora

291

(42)

In Conclusion. Confessions of a Repentant Vandal

333

(38)

Appendix Plants Known to Be Especially Favored by Humans and Other Primates

371

(4)

Index

375

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