Fossil Hominids: Featured Books

	Smithsonian Intimate Guide to Human Origins An excellent introduction by science writer Carl Zimmer
	A New Human The story of the discovery of Homo floresiensis, by Mike Morwood, the leader of the discovery team
	Ancestral Passions Virginia Morell's definitive biography of the Leakey family
	The Seven Daughters of Eve An excellent popular book about the science behind mitochondrial DNA, by scientist Bryan Sykes.
	The Man Who Found the Missing Link Pat Shipman's excellent biography of Eugene Dubois, the discoverer of Java Man.
	A Brain for all Seasons A stimulating book by William Calvin which investigates the link between human evolution and climate change.
	The Neandertals An excellent book by Erik Trinkaus and Pat Shipman about the history of Neandertals since they were discovered nearly 150 years ago.
	Hominids The first book in The Neanderthal Parallax trilogy, by Robert Sawyer
	The Shelters of Stone The long-awaited fifth book in Jean Auel's Earth's Children series was published in April 2002.
	Neanderthals and Modern Humans: Discussing the Transition A set of recent research papers from the Neanderthal Museum.
	Bones of Contention Detailed histories of many of the most important scientific debates in paleoanthropology.
	Wisdom of the Bones A history of Homo erectus, especially the discovery and analysis of the Turkana Boy skeleton, by paleoanthropologist Alan Walker.
	From Lucy to Language An excellent book giving a good overview of paleoanthropology, and packed with superb full-size photos.

This page is part of the Fossil Hominids FAQ at the talk.origins Archive.