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The Runaway Brain: The evolution of human uniqueness

By Christopher Wills

Bones: Structure and Mechanics

By John D. Currey

Human Evolution: A Very Short Introduction

By Bernard Wood (University Professor of Human Origins, George Washington University)

The End of the World: The Science and Ethics of Human Extinction

By John Leslie

How To Think Like a Neandertal

By Thomas Wynn (Professor of Archeology, Professor of Archeology, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs), Frederick L. Coolidge (Professor of Psychology, Professor of Psychology

The Slow Moon Climbs: The Science, History, and Meaning of Menopause

By Susan Mattern

The Seven Ages of Death: 'Every chapter is like a detective story' Telegraph

By Dr Richard Shepherd

A Troublesome Inheritance: Genes, Race and Human History

By Nicholas Wade

Human Biochemistry

By Israel S. Kleiner, James M. Orten, etc.

Extremes: How Far Can You Go to Save a Life?

By Kevin Fong

Human Anatomy: A Clinically-Orientated Approach

By Sam Jacob (Senior Lecturer in Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Sheffield; Member of the Court of Examiners, Royal College of Surgeons of England; Visiting Professor, St George's University, Grenada, West Indies)

Understanding Human Evolution

By Frank E. Poirier, Jeffrey K. McKee

Primate Behaviour: Information, Social Knowledge, and the Evolution of Culture

By Duane Quiatt (University of Colorado), Vernon Reynolds (University of Oxford)

Skin, Teeth and Hair

By Anna Sandeman

The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal

By Jared M Diamond

The Incredible Unlikeliness of Being: Evolution and the Making of Us

By Alice Roberts

Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors

By Nicholas Wade

Encyclopedia of Human Biology

By Renato Dulbecco, editor-in-chief

The Concise Gray's Anatomy

By C.H. Leonard

Essentials of Anatomy and Physiology

By Rod R. Seeley, Trent D. Stephens, Philip Tate

Human Virology

By Leslie Collier, John Oxford, Paul Kellam

Population Geography

Encyclopedia of Human Biology, 1

By Dr. Renato Dulbecco

Encyclopedia of Human Biology

By Renato Dulbecco

This Mortal Coil: A Guardian, Economist & Prospect Book of the Year

By Andrew Doig

Wisdom Of The Body

By Sherwin B Nuland

Unnatural Causes: 'An absolutely brilliant book. I really recommend it, I don't often say that' Jeremy Vine, BBC Radio 2

By Shepherd, Dr Richard

Honeycombs: Set 1: Germs

By Barbara Vokes, etc., Barrie Richardson

Eye, Brain and Vision

By David H. Hubel

Doing without Adam and Eve: Sociobiology and Original Sin

By Patricia A. Williams, RN, MSN, CCRN