HUMAN ORIGINS, how diet, climate and landscape shaped us

384pp., b/w & colour illus., maps, paperback, Reprint, Cape Town, (2016) 2019

Earth Scientist John Compton integrates the latest research from archaeology, climatology and genetics to demonstrate how environment influences the formation of life and evolutionary processes, as well as the physical traits, diet and behaviour of species.

John S. Compton is Emeritus Associate Professor in the Department of Geological Sciences at the University of Cape Town. He is the author of The Rocks and Mountains of Cape Town and West Coast, a natural history (2021).