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Introductory

• Corballis (1999), Phylogeny from apes to humans. In Corballis & Lea. Many other chapters in this book are relevant this week.
• Reynolds, V. (1980). The biology of human action, 2nd edn, Chap 5 (Hominid society before man)..
• Leakey, R. E. (1994). The origin of humankind especially chapters 2 (A crowded family), 3 (A different kind of human) & 5 (The origin of modern humans).  .......573.2LEA/TRC
• Wilson, SB, Chapter 27 (Man: from sociobiology to sociology).
• Gowlett (1984). Mental abilities of early man: A look at some hard evidence. In R. Foley (Ed.), Hominid evolution and community ecology.  ....... 913.031HOM going to TRC
• Runciman,W. G., Maynard Smith, J.,  & Dunbar, R. I. M. (1996). Evolution of social behaviour patterns in primates and man:  Oxford: Oxford University Press.  Select appropriate chapter  ........591.5RUN going to TRC

Basic facts about the fossil record

• Lewin, R. (1989). Human evolution Pretty well the whole book would be worth reading. The chapters are short: everyone should probably read chapters 1-9 & 16-23 (numbers from the 2nd edn - may be different in the 3rd). Beyond that, choose the bits where you feel most in need of help.
• Richards, G. (1987). Human evolution, chaps 1 & 2. Past students have found that this is muddly to begin with, but gets better as it goes on.
• Leakey, R. E., & Lewin, R. (1993). Origins reconsidered. Choose chapters. ......913.0257LEA
• Gebo et al (1997). A hominoid genus from the early Miocene of Uganda. Science, 276, 401-404.

General treatments of the early mind

• Donald (1993). Precis of the Origins of the Modern Mind: Three stages in the evolution of culture and cognition. Behavior &Brain Sciences, 16, 737-791.
• Mithen (1994). From domain-specific to generalised intelligence: A cognitive interpretation of the Middle/Upper Palaeolithic transition. In C. Renfrew & E. W. Zubrow (Eds.), The ancient mind: Elements of cognitive archaeology.
• Corballis, M. C. (1991), The lopsided ape: Evolution of the generative mind. (Chapters 2 & 3: Human evolution, The human condition).......152.335COR/TRC
• Lieberman, P. (1991), Uniquely human: The evolution of speech, thought and selfless behaviour.  .......on order

Specific issues, mainly behavioural/psychological

• Harris, M. (1977). Cannibals and kings, chaps 1, 2 (Culture and nature; Murders in Eden).
• Pinker, S. (1994). The language instinct, Chapters 11 (The big bang) & 13 (Mind design). .......401PIN
• Lieberman, P. (1984). The biology and evolution of language, chaps 11 & 12 (The evolution of human speech: Comparative studies; The Evolution of human speech: The fossil record) [may be difficult unless you have some psycholinguistics]
• Crook, J. H. (1980). The evolution of human consciousness, chaps 5 & 6 (The ascent of humanity; The behavioural elaboration of hunting hominids)
• Ardrey, R. (1967). The territorial imperative, chap. 7 (Look homeward, angel).
• Beran et al (1999), Predicting hominid intelligence from brain size.  In  Corballis & Lea
• Hrdy, S. B. (1981). The woman that never evolved. Chap. 7 (The primate origins of female sexuality)
• Wright (1972). Imitative learning of a flaked stone technology - the case of an orangutan. Mankind, 8, 296-306........SEGL
• Corballis, M. C. (1991), The lopsided ape: Evolution of the generative mind. (Chapter 4: Human  handedness).......152.335COR/TRC
• Stoddart, D. M. (1990). The scented ape, chaps 8 & 9 (The noselessness of man; The human nose and the monkey's tail).  .......152.166 STO
• Rose (1984). Food acquisition and the evolution of positional behaviour: the case of bipedalism. In D. J. Chivers et al (eds.), Food acquisition and processing in primates. [other papers in this book might be worth looking at, though they tend to be technical].......SEGL
• Bickerton, D. (1995).  Language and human behaviour.  .......401.9 BIC/TRC
• Pelot, P., et al (1990). La rêve de Lucy  .......573.3 PEL/X
• Papers in the Journal of Human Evolution.......S-P 150.5 J38

Questions for discussion

1. Which extinct anthropoids/hominids are (a) our ancestors and (b) our cousins?
2. How much do we actually know about the behaviour of prehominids and hominids?
3. At what point in human evolution would we describe our ancestors as "human"?
4. Can we identify key steps in human evolution which had a great influence on subsequent developments?

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