Big History: The Big Bang, Life on Earth, and the Rise of Humanity

Lecture 19: Evidence on Hominine Evolution

Christian, Maps of Time, chap. 6.

Fagan, People of the Earth, chap. 2

Johanson and Edey, Lucy.

Jones, The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Human Evolution.

Lewin, Human Evolution.

1. What are the most important forms of evidence used to reconstruct the
   evolution of our species?


2. How have techniques of genetic dating transformed our understanding
   of hominine and human evolution?

Essential Reading

Supplementary Reading

Questions to Consider