How did we develop from simple animals inhabiting small pockets of forest in Africa to the dominant species on Earth, capable of sending spaceships to the Moon?

Travel back 8 million years with ‘Evolution   The Human Story’ and go on a fascinating journey to discover how our species has developed from tree-dwelling primates to modern humans.

This is the first time that the story of evolution has been documented in such amazing visual detail thanks to the work of renowned Dutch paleoartists, Kennis and Kennis.

Staggeringly realistic CGI and model reconstructions from original fossils bring us face to face with our ancestors portraying them as never before. Plus, Dr Alice Roberts shares her extensive knowledge helping answer all the big questions and more.

‘Evolution The Human Story’, first published in September this year, is packed with all the latest discoveries and profiles every human ancestor to date from Ardipithecus ramidus to Homo neanderthalensis. An essential read for anyone fascinated in finding out where we come from.

See also our previous blog post on the BBC series  ‘Origins of Us’, presented by Dr Alice Roberts, which also covers human fossil findings in East Africa.

Dr Alice Roberts is a qualified doctor, anatomist, osteoarchaeologist, and anthropologist. She teaches at Bristol University and has presented a number of television programmes.

Adrie and Alfons Kennis are twin brother paleoartists from the Netherlands who specialise in 3D reconstructions of animals and humans.

Via: dk books