The epic story of human evolution, from our primate beginnings more
than five million years ago to the agricultural era Over the course
of five million years, our primate ancestors evolved from a modest
population of sub-Saharan apes into the globally dominant species
Homo sapiens. Along the way, humans became incredibly diverse in
appearance, language, and culture. How did all of this happen? In
The Five-Million-Year Odyssey, Peter Bellwood synthesizes research
from archaeology, biology, anthropology, and linguistics to immerse
us in the saga of human evolution, from the earliest traces of our
hominin forebears in Africa, through waves of human expansion
across the continents, and to the rise of agriculture and explosive
demographic growth around the world. Bellwood presents our modern
diversity as a product of both evolution, which led to the
emergence of the genus Homo approximately 2.5 million years ago,
and migration, which carried humans into new environments. He
introduces us to the ancient hominins-including the
australopithecines, Homo erectus, the Neanderthals, and
others-before turning to the appearance of Homo sapiens circa
300,000 years ago and subsequent human movement into Eurasia,
Australia, and the Americas. Bellwood then explores the invention
of agriculture, which enabled farmers to disperse to new
territories over the last 10,000 years, facilitating the spread of
language families and cultural practices. The outcome is now
apparent in our vast array of contemporary ethnicities, linguistic
systems, and customs. The fascinating origin story of our varied
human existence, The Five-Million-Year Odyssey underscores the
importance of recognizing our shared genetic heritage to appreciate
what makes us so diverse.
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