brief history of homo sapiens

Breve Historia del Homo Sapiens is a book that, from an archaeo-paleontological point of view, narrates the evolution of the human being from primates and their African origin to Homo sapiens. Here, the most important milestones are recounted: the first recognized evidence of human fossils discovered in 1856 in Germany's Neander Valley, Eugène Dubois' discoveries on the island of Java, the Piltdown hoax, the impressive discovery of the Taung Child, the epic work of the Leakeys in Tanzania's Olduvai Gorge, the profound impact produced by the appearance of Lucy... Fernando Diez Martín, a doctor in Prehistory, without neglecting historical and academic rigor, manages to narrate how the first bipedal genus appeared: the australopithecines and their relatives, the paranthropus. He describes the appearance of Homo rudolfensis and Homo habilis, the origin of lithic technology, and the competition with other predators for meat resources. He also manages to indicate with great simplicity the most important somatic, cultural, and social advances experienced by the new species Homo ergaster, considered the first definitively human form until reaching the Neanderthals —their fascinating and complex world in glacial Europe and the enigma of their disappearance—; to, finally, focus attention on Homo sapiens.