The Reason Why There Was No First Human

Biological Evolution
History of Science
Environmental & Science Education
STEM
by Edward Hessler

Inspired by Richard Dawkins's The Magic of Reality, PBS produced a short video—an excellent teaching tool—which explains why there was no first human. It is nicely done and includes most of the major species along the way, from way back then to the present.

• 550 fifty years of human evolution (animation).
• The animation from the book site.

EVO is a book on the evolution of human generations displayed in a single 30 m long page—folded in a zig-zag pattern that traces human history back through 153 generations. Father, grandfather, great grandfather, great,-great grandfather all the way down to the beginning.