Derek Tracy gives his first interview on hominin evolution, covering the variety of human species which cohabited Earth over the past few hundred thousand years, why homo and homo sapiens may be special, and the complexity of human evolution we are just uncovering.
This episode is based on a chapter titled 'Hominin evolution I: the origins of Homo sapiens', authored by Derek Tracy. It is chapter 3 in the book 'Evolutionary Psychiatry: Current Perspectives on Evolution and Mental Health", published by Cambridge University Press. The book is available for purchase here via CUP or on Amazon.
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Evolving Psychiatry