1. The Peopling of the World, 7 Million Years ago-circa 4000 B.C.E.
Chapter 1
The Peopling of the World, 7 Million Years ago-circa 4000 B.C.E.

2. The Origins of Humankind
The First Hominids: Australopithecines
Homo Erectus and the First Migrations Outside of Africa
The Emergence of Homo sapiens sapiens

3. How Modern Humans Populated Eurasia and Australia
The First Anatomically Modern Humans Leave Africa
The Settling of Australia
The Settling of Eurasia

4. The Settling of the Americas
Beringia: The Land Bridge from Siberia to the Americas
Monte Verde, Chile: How the First Americans Lived
The Rise of Clovis and Other Regional Traditions
The Oldest Americans

5. The Emergence of Agriculture, 12,500-3000 B.C.E.
The Domestication of Plants and Animals
The First Larger Settlements