II. The plio-pleistocene world
III. Finding and dating fossil hominins
IV. Naming and classifying fossil hominins
V. Before the bipeds : human antecendents among the miocene hominoids
VI. The earliest hominins (part 1) : the australopiths of southern Africa
VII. The earliest hominins (part 2) : the australopiths of eastern Africa
VIII. Australopith paleobiology and phylogeny
IX. The emergence of culture and the origins of the genus Homo
X. Quo vadis Homo erectus?
XI. Almost there-but not quite : "archaic" hominins of the middle pleistocene
XII. Between apes and humanity : "modern" human origins
XIII. What the fossils say about "modern" human origins : a reality check