The last six million years of the Earth's history have created a unique creature - a cocktail of extraordinary traits has been mixed to create us, human beings. Combining epic science with the drama of individual lives, 'Walking With Cavemen' is the tale of every man, woman and child on the planet today.
Our story begins in East Africa where apes first left the forests and walked on two feet. Descended from these, our oldest ancestors, came a number of hominids living alongside each other in conflict and harmony until, two million years later, the remarkable Homo erectus emerged to dominate the African world. With a brain 50 per cent bigger than any of it predecessors, it isn't surprising that it was the first ape-man to leave Africa.
Some 50,000 years ago their descendants, the first modern humans, entered Europe. The Neanderthals, effectively our human cousins, had existed there for 250,000 years while modern humans were evolving in Africa. For another 25,000 years we lived alongside them, but at the end of that time they were extinct. For the first time we were the only humans on the planet.
The story of our evolution is illuminated by features on the science behind the television series, including the latest debates about our earliest ancestors, and accounts of archaeologists' most important discoveries, including "Lucy", Boxgrove Man and the Black Skull.
This stunning book is illustrated throughout with live-action photography and state-of-the-art computer-generated imagery. A journey that reaches back through time and covers the globe, 'Walking With Cavemen' is the ultimate family history.
