The Evolution of Europeans

This ground-breaking book reveals the history of Europeans since human ancestors left the safety of the trees in central Africa to become the recognisable European ancestors in the Mesolithic period. The journey starts with a small-brained chimpanzee-like animal who learns to walk upright, uses tools with its hands and learns language. This book reveals how European ancestors faced with immense challenges, survived, adapted and changed. All these changes led to the Europeans of today. In particular the last Ice Age with its constantly cycling extreme climate, ever-present great carnivores presented unique challenges to Eur-Asian peoples forcing them to innovate and together with the innovations came physical changes, resulting in the peoples of Europe today. For anyone curious to learn about how we became the people who we are today, this is a must read.