Human Origins

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Humans are the dominant species on the planet. But how did we get here? As new breakthroughs in the understanding of our evolutionary story bring into question much of what we thought we knew, *Human Origins* takes us on a fascinating 7-million-year journey from our earliest primate roots right through to the present day and examines some of the biggest questions that remain.

First Sentence

In 2011, I was killing time in the break room at the Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research at Wits University at Johannesburg in South Africa, waiting for an interview.

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