ISBN The World Before Us book English Paperback 320 pages

'The who, what, where, when and how of human evolution, from one of the world's experts on the dating of prehistoric fossils'
Steve Brusatte, author ofThe Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs
'Fascinating and entertaining. If you read one book on human origins, this should be it'
Ian Morris, author ofWhy the West Rules - For Now
50,000 years ago, we were not the only species of human in the world.
There were at least four others, including the Neanderthals,Homo floresiensis,Homo luzonesisand the Denisovans. At the forefront of the latter's ground-breaking discovery was Oxford Professor Tom Higham.
InThe World Before Us,he explains the scientific and technological advancements - in radiocarbon dating and ancient DNA, for example - that allowed each of these discoveries to be made, enabling us to be more accurate in our predictions about not just how long ago these other humans lived, buthowthey lived, interacted and live on in our genes today. This is the story of us, told for the first time with its full cast of characters.
'Exciting'
David Abulafia, author ofThe Boundless Sea'Remarkable'
Rebecca Wragg Sykes, author ofKindred'Thrilling'
David Reich, author ofWho We Are and How We Got Here'Brilliant'
Chris Gosden, author ofThe History of Magic
'Gripping and fun'
Paul Collier, author ofThe Bottom Billion
'Essential'
Barry Cunliffe, author ofThe Scythians
'Profoundly entertaining'
Brian Fagan, author ofWorld Prehistory