About the Book

A fascinating account of the latest thinking on human evolution, by one of the most respected evolutionary psychologists in Britain.

For scientists studying evolution, the past decade has seen astonishing advances across many disciplines - discoveries which have revolutionised scientific thinking and turned upside down our understanding of who we are.

The Human Story brings together these threads of research in genetics, behaviour and psychology to provide an understanding of just what it is that makes us human.

Robin Dunbar looks in particular at how the human mind has evolved, and draws on his own research during the last five years into the deep psychological and biological bases of music and religion.