
In spite of recent advances in the study of evolution, scholars have shied away from the most intriguing problem of all--how and why animal nature became human nature. In confronting this problem, Peter Wilson leads his readers on a fascinating exploration. What made it possible,...


"A fascinating monograph on the conditions of human evolution and the conditions required by it . . . .This is first-rate scientific speculation -- lucid and straightforward." -The New Yorker "This is an excellent analysis, and though it goes to the heart of issues in genetics...