Human Studies

Why We Do It: Rethinking Sex and the Selfish Gene

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Why do people have sex? Is it solely for the purpose of passing on genetic information, or are there other reasons? Author Niles Eldredge unravels the origins of our coital instincts. Learn More

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The Fossil Trail: How We Know What We Think We Know about Human Evolution

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This historical narrative by Ian Tattersall, AMNH Curator in the Division of Anthropology and co-curator of the Museum’s new Anne and Bernard Spitzer Hall of Human Origins, offers an invaluable insider’s look at the study of human evolution. Learn More

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Human Origins: What Bones and Genomes Tell Us About Ourselves

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Co-written by Museum scientists Rob DeSalle and Ian Tattersall, Human Origins shows how research into the human genome confirms what fossil bones have told us about human origins.

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Antarctic Destinies - Scott, Shackleton and the Changing Face of Heroism

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This book covers the two most famous expeditions of the Heroic Age of Antarctic exploration: Robert Falcon Scott's Terra Nova expedition of 1910-12 and Ernest Shackleton's Endurance expedition of 1914-16. It focuses not only on the two expeditions, but also on the ways in which the reputations of the men who led them have evolved over the course of the last century. Learn More

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Why We Do It: Rethinking Sex and the Selfish Gene

The Fossil Trail: How We Know What We Think We Know about Human Evolution

Human Origins: What Bones and Genomes Tell Us About Ourselves

Antarctic Destinies - Scott, Shackleton and the Changing Face of Heroism