Ever since man acquired the ability to think about himself, the question of his own origin has become central to him. And in the 21st century, when the volume of fossil data is rapidly growing and research methods are developing, the discussion about the evolutionary history of our species is truly a boiling cauldron of emotional battles and scientific progress. Why are we the only ones left, Homo sapiens? What were everyone else like? What gave us a key advantage over them - and how exactly did we take advantage of it? One of the world's leading experts, British anthropologist Chris Stringer, is carefully putting together a giant puzzle to show us the whole picture: what science currently knows about us and other representatives of the genus Homo, what we have achieved in studying our evolutionary path and where we are moving next. The publishing design is preserved in PDF A4 format.