Here are a list of books worth reading to form a good base of knowledge about human evolution, and evolutionary theory more broadly: http://www.amazon.com/Evolution-First-Four-Billion-Years/dp/... http://www.amazon.ca/Lone-Survivors-Came-Humans-Earth/dp/080... http://www.amazon.ca/Wild-Cultures-Comparison-between-Chimpa... http://www.amazon.com/Evolution-Jean-Baptiste-Panafieu/dp/16... http://www.amazon.com/Greatest-Show-Earth-Evidence-Evolution... http://www.amazon.com/The-Ancestors-Tale-Pilgrimage-Evolutio... http://www.amazon.ca/Guns-Germs-Steel-Jared-Diamond/dp/03933... http://www.amazon.com/What-Means-98-Chimpanzee-People/dp/052... http://www.amazon.ca/Through-Window-Jane-Goodall/dp/06180567... http://www.amazon.ca/Nature-Via-Nurture-Genes-Experience/dp/... http://www.amazon.com/Maps-Time-Introduction-History-Califor...