Includes bibliographical reference and index.

Contents: How evolution works -- Adaptation by natural selection -- Genetics -- The modern synthesis -- Speciation and phylogeny -- Primate ecology and behavior: Introduction to the primates -- Primate ecology -- Primate mating system -- The evolution of social behavior -- Primate intelligence -- The history of human lineage: From shrew to ape -- From hominoid to hominid -- Oldowan toolmakers and the origin of human life history -- From hominid to homo -- Homosapiens and the evolution of modern human behavior -- The evolution of language -- Evolution and modern humans -- Human genetic diversity -- Evolution and the human life cycle -- Evolution and the human behavior -- Human mate choice and parenting -- Epilogue -- Appendix -- Glossary -- Credits -- Permissions acknowledgements -- Index..