The Complete World of Human Evolution.(Book review)

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute | September 1, 2006| | Copyright

STRINGER, CHRIS & PETER ANDREWS. The complete world of human evolution. 240 pp., maps, tables, figs, plates, illus., bibliogr. London: Thames & Hudson, 2005. [pounds sterling]24.95 (cloth)

The recent sensational discovery of a new type of primitive hominid on the island of Flores, one of the Indonesian Sunda Islands, marks for many of us a turning-point in the study of human evolution. The discovery highlights how little we actually know about human evolution in Southeast Asia, and the growing rapidity with which our views need to be constantly revised and updated. ...

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