Ebook: Man the Hunted: Primates, Predators, and Human Evolution

Intro -- CONTENTS -- Foreword to the First Edition ix -- Preface to the Expanded Paperback Edition xv -- 1 JUST ANOTHER ITEM ON THE MENU 1 -- Fossil Evidence and Living Primates, 5 -- Predation and Primate Studies, 9 -- An Accurate Appraisal of Predation, 9 -- 2 DEBUNKING "MAN THE HUNTER" 11 -- Will the First Hominid Please Stand Up? 13 -- A Messy Bush, 21 -- Wanderlust, 22 -- Man the Hunter? 23 -- Man the Dancer! 28 -- We Were Not "Cat Food"! 30 -- 3 WHO'S EATING WHOM? 33 -- A Tale of Two Families, 34 -- The Prey Flee, the Predator Pursues, 38 -- Who Are These Primate Prey? 41 -- The Dichotomy about Death, 45 -- The James Carville Approach, 46 -- Predation Risk versus Predation Rate, 52 -- Who Was Eating Our Hominid Ancestors? 55 -- 4 LIONS AND TIGERS AND BEARS, OH MY! 57 -- Choose Your Weapon, 63 -- The Long and Winding Road from South Africa to Georgia, 70 -- Killing Machines, 76 -- Before the Age of Ulcers, 77 -- Perfect Primate Predators, 80 -- Give Us the Bear Facts, 84 -- 5 COURSING HYENAS AND HUNGRY DOGS 89 -- Wolves at the Door, 90 -- No Laughing Matter, 95 -- Howls in the Prehistoric Night, 97 -- Leaders of the Pack, 104 -- 6 MISSIONARY POSITION 111 -- The Serpentine Route, 112 -- Breathing Fire: The Komodo Dragon, 124 -- My, What Big Teeth You Have! 127 -- On Top of Everything Else, Sharks, Too? 133 -- 7 TERROR FROM THE SKY 135 -- Featherweights and Talon Tips, 138 -- Crested Viragos, 141 -- An Alfred Hitchcock Moment, 147 -- The Record of Giant Raptors, 149 -- The Taung Child Tells Its Tale, 151 -- Running Hawks, Hungry Toucans, and Giant Owls, 155 -- 8 WE WEREN'T JUST WAITING AROUND TO BE EATEN! 161 -- Heavyweight Champions, 166 -- Why Hermits Seem Odd, 170 -- We Saw . . . Food. We Came . . . Down from the Trees.We Conquered . . . Gravity, 174 -- On the Path to Einstein, 180 -- Daytime Talk Shows, 182.;A provocative view of human evolution that contends early humans occupied a far more vulnerable position in the food chain than we like to imagine.