The Origin of Our Species by Chris Stringer combines anecdote and speculation with crisp explanation of the latest science in the study of the first humans
I ADMIT it was with some trepidation that I began to read Chris Stringer’s new book, The Origin of Our Species, on a long train journey. I mention the train because I wondered if I was fit to survive hours spent captive with the Darwinian prose suggested by the title. I needn’t have worried. Stringer has a crisp style that helps lighten what might have been heavy material.
Stringer’s work as the lead researcher…
