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Explore 24 books like Missing Links The Hunt for Earliest Man by John Reader — a handpicked selection united by Physical, Fossils, Civilization, and Anthropology.

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Them and Us How Neanderthal Predation Created Modern Humans — Danny Vendramini

Them and Us How Neanderthal Predation Created Modern Humans

Danny Vendramini

Themes: Physical • Fossils • Anthropology

Fossil Men The Quest for the Oldest Skeleton and the Origins of Humankind — Kermit Pattison

Fossil Men The Quest for the Oldest Skeleton and the Origins of Humankind

Kermit Pattison

Themes: Fossils • Civilization • Anthropology

Almost Human The Astonishing Tale of Homo Naledi and the Discovery that Changed Our Human Story — Lee R. Berger

Almost Human The Astonishing Tale of Homo Naledi and the Discovery that Changed Our Human Story

Themes: Physical • Fossils • Anthropology

Lucy The Beginnings of Humankind — Donald Johanson

Lucy The Beginnings of Humankind

Donald Johanson

Themes: Physical • Fossils • Anthropology

First Steps How Upright Walking Made Us Human — Jeremy DeSilva

First Steps How Upright Walking Made Us Human

Themes: Physical • Civilization • Anthropology

Human Geography For Dummies — Kyle Tredinnick

Human Geography For Dummies

Kyle Tredinnick

Themes: Physical • Civilization • Anthropology

Origin Story A Big History of Everything — David Christian

Origin Story A Big History of Everything

David Christian

Themes: Physical • Civilization • Anthropology

Perfect Order Recognizing Complexity in Bali — John Stephen Lansing

Perfect Order Recognizing Complexity in Bali

John Stephen Lansing

Themes: Physical • Anthropology • Nature

The Natural History of Unicorns — Chris Lavers

The Natural History of Unicorns

Themes: Physical • Anthropology • Nature

Sapiens A Graphic History — Yuval N. Harari

Sapiens A Graphic History

Yuval N. Harari

Themes: Civilization • Anthropology • Nature

Life History Album Table and Charts for Recording the Development of Body and Mind from Childhood Upwards, with Introductory Remarks — Francis Galton

Life History Album Table and Charts for Recording the Development of Body and Mind from Childhood Upwards, with Introductory Remarks

Themes: Physical • Anthropology • Nature

Racing the Clock Running Across a Lifetime — Bernd Heinrich

Racing the Clock Running Across a Lifetime

Themes: Physical • Anthropology • Nature

The Horse, the Wheel, and Language How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World — David W. Anthony

The Horse, the Wheel, and Language How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World

David W. Anthony

Themes: Civilization • Anthropology • Nature

Goliath’s Curse A Deep History of Societal Collapse and What It Means for Our Future — Luke Kemp

Goliath’s Curse A Deep History of Societal Collapse and What It Means for Our Future

Themes: Civilization • Anthropology • Nature

Guns, Germs and Steel A Short History of Everybody for the Last 13,000 Years — Jared M. Diamond

Guns, Germs and Steel A Short History of Everybody for the Last 13,000 Years

Jared M. Diamond

Themes: Civilization • Anthropology • Nature

Mushrooms and Mankind The Impact of Mushrooms on Human Consciousness and Religion — James Arthur

Mushrooms and Mankind The Impact of Mushrooms on Human Consciousness and Religion

Themes: Physical • Anthropology • Nature

Faithful Unto Death Pet Cemeteries, Animal Graves and Eternal Devotion — Paul Koudounaris

Faithful Unto Death Pet Cemeteries, Animal Graves and Eternal Devotion

Paul Koudounaris

Themes: Civilization • Anthropology • Nature

Cro-Magnon The Story of the Last Ice Age People of Europe — Trenton Holliday

Cro-Magnon The Story of the Last Ice Age People of Europe

Trenton Holliday

Themes: Fossils • Anthropology • Nature

The Oak Papers — James Canton

Themes: Physical • Anthropology • Nature

The Great Maya Droughts Water, Life, and Death — Richardson B. Gill

The Great Maya Droughts Water, Life, and Death

Richardson B. Gill

Themes: Physical • Anthropology • Nature

A Guide to Careers in Physical Anthropology — Alan S. Ryan

A Guide to Careers in Physical Anthropology

Themes: Physical • Anthropology • Nature

Seasonality and Human Ecology — Stanley J. Ulijaszek

Seasonality and Human Ecology

Stanley J. Ulijaszek

Themes: Physical • Anthropology • Nature

Sustainable Food Systems The Role of the City — Robert Biel

Sustainable Food Systems The Role of the City

Themes: Physical • Anthropology • Nature

The Politics of Species Reshaping Our Relationships with Other Animals — Raymond Corbey

The Politics of Species Reshaping Our Relationships with Other Animals

Themes: Physical • Anthropology • Nature

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Physical, Fossils, Civilization — the same threads that run through Missing Links The Hunt for Earliest Man by John Reader. Among the authors featured: Danny Vendramini, Kermit Pattison, Lee R. Berger, Donald Johanson, and others.

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