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This is a fully updated and substantially expanded and rewritten new edition of John Reader's classic 1981 book of the same name. In it he describes the discoveries and breakthroughs which have advanced our understanding of human evolution, and the personalities and controversies who have framed the debate. The book thus forms both a useful introduction to human origins research, and to the fossil record, as well as a lively history of palaeoanthropology as it developed as a discipline.