The Speciation of Modern Homo sapiens edited by Tim Crow, Oxford University Press, 拢29.50, ISBN 0197262465 Reviewed by Maggie McDonald
WHO are we? This question grips the imagination 鈥� and fuelled the recent spat over the ancient skull found in Chad (鈥淲ho are we?鈥� New 杏吧原创, 26 October, p 44). Was it a hominid or an ancient ape? Great timing for a book called The Speciation of Modern Homo Sapiens. Editor Tim Crow presents world-class minds addressing just these questions 鈥� a rich haul of ideas and answers.