Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-345) and index.
Awards
Winner of the 2006 W.W. Howells Award
Contents
Just another item on the menu -- Debunking "man the hunter" -- Who's eating whom? -- Lions and tigers and bears, oh my! -- Coursing hyenas and hungry dogs -- Missionary position -- Terror from the sky -- We weren't just waiting around to be eaten! -- Gentle savage or bloodthirsty brute? -- Man the hunted -- The last word.
Summary
A provocative view of human evolution that contends early humans occupied a far more vulnerable position in the food chain than we like to imagine.
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