Provides an authoritative, scientific background for understanding the origins of humanity
Includes new discoveries and information essential for students of anthropology, primatology, paleontology, comparative anatomy, and genetics
Brings together evidence from living primates, fossils, and molecular studies
Explains the latest dating methods, including radioactive, paleomagnetic, and molecular clocks
Surveys the world of living primates, their ecology, locomotion, diet, behavior, and life histories
Clarifies the anatomical and behavioral similarities and differences between ourselves and our closest living relatives, the chimpanzee and the gorilla
Resolves some long-standing mysteries about our relationship to the extinct Neanderthals

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 9 reviews)

I've had worse textbooks

I liked this idea of this textbook a lot. It seemed like a unique and inspiring way to go over a subject that is not very interesting to me at all. Plus, I'm not very artistic so it was nice to be able to color and not have to draw, as in most science classes. My professor is one of the contributing authors, so she was very familiar with the text, but often supplements it with other articles, pages from another text, or hand-outs. This book is a bit older, so a few things have changed, and many ideas have been fleshed out further. The coloring, which I thought would be fun, has become more cumbersome than anything else. It takes almost an hour or more to color the "plates" neatly and completely. That took pretty much all the fun out of it.

Still, I have had worse text books, and if nothing else, I'll remember this one for being unique and attempting to be fun.
September 24, 2008

Good study guide

Like most of the Science coloring books this is a great supplement to a full text and course. The material is presented in nice bite size pieces and it does cover a wide range of topics. Some people do not like the subject of the book, but that is immaterial if someone is taking a physical anthropolgy course. If you need to study, buy the book.
September 07, 2008

The Human Evolution Coloring Book

This book took a little bit longer than the other ones that i ordered, but it still got here within the time that was stated. I am happy with the books condition, Thank you!
October 09, 2007

Great Resource for middle school life science teacher!

I have purchased several biological coloring books in the past and use them all regularly in my 7th grade life science classroom. Adolescents still need color and they learn as they are doing it! This is just another fantastic resource for me to use with them. Now that our state standards have changed and include evolution in more detail, I am certain that this will be very valuable!
June 29, 2006

Excellent resource for learning!

Dr. Zihlman's new edition of the HECB is even more fantastic than the first! It is simply a fantastic resource for learning about human evolution. Any topic that you want to learn about or have questions about is covered.

Dr. Zihlman's book encorporates both textbook style writings and pages to color so that the reader can actually see what the text refers to. From personal experience, I have found the coloring book to be extremely helpful to those students, like myself, who learn better with visual application.

I, for one, would like to thank Dr. Zihlman or all of the effort she put into making the HECB one of the funnest, most thorough ways to learn about human and primate evolution!
February 07, 2001

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