Sang-Hee Lee

Shin-Young Yoon

In this captivating bestseller, Korea's first paleoanthropologist offers fresh insights into humanity's dawn and evolution.

A Paleoanthropologist Investigates Our Evolving Species

Close Encounters with Humankind

Encontros Imediatos com a Humanidade

Using Assigned Resampling Method to Estimate Sexual Dimorphism when Individual Sex is Unknown

Evolution of Human Sexual Dimorphism

Cathy Willermet

A critical assessment of how evidence in biological anthropology is discovered, collected and interpreted.

The Strange and the Familiar

Evaluating Evidence in Biological Anthropology

“Deftly weaving together science and personal observation, Lee proves an engaging, authoritative guide… of the human condition.” —Kate Wong, editor at Scientific American What can fossilized teeth tell us about our ancient ancestors’ life expectancy? Did farming play a problematic role in the history of human evolution? And what do we have in common with Neanderthals? In this captivating bestseller, Close Encounters with Humankind, paleoanthropologist Sang-Hee Lee explores our greatest evolutionary questions from new and unexpected angles. Through a series of entertaining, bite-sized chapters that combine anthropological insight with cutting-edge science, we gain fresh perspectives into our first hominin ancestors and ways to challenge perceptions about the traditional progression of evolution. With Lee as our guide, we discover that we indeed have always been a species of continuous change.

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