1. INTRODUCTION 

Chris Scarre, Durham University 

 

2. AFRICAN ORIGINS 

Nicholas Toth and Kathy Schick, Indiana University, and Agness Gidna, Cultural Heritage Department, Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority 

 

3. HOMININ BEHAVIOR AND DISPERSAL IN THE LOWER AND MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE 

Richard Klein, Stanford University; April Nowell, University of Victoria; and Mark White, Durham University  

 

4. THE RISE OF MODERN HUMANS 

Paul Pettitt, Durham University, and Michelle C. Langley, Griffith University  

 

5. EARLY AMERICAS 

David J. Meltzer, Southern Methodist University  

 

6. THE WORLD TRANSFORMED: FROM FORAGERS AND FARMERS TO STATES AND EMPIRES 

Chris Scarre, Durham University   

 

7. SOUTHWEST ASIA: FROM MOBILE FORAGING TO SETTLED FARMING 

Bill Finlayson, University of Oxford

[previously Trevor Watkins]   

 

8. EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIA: FROM MOBILE FORAGING TO SETTLED FARMING 

Charles Higham, University of Otago 

 

9. AUSTRALIA AND THE PACIFIC ISLANDS 

Peter Bellwood, Australian National University, and Peter Hiscock, University of Wollongong

 

10. ORIGINS OF FOODPRODUCING ECONOMIES IN THE AMERICAS 

BrieAnna S. Langlie, Binghamton University, and Matthew E. Biwer, Dickinson College

[previously BrieAnna Langlie with David L. Browman and Gayle J. Fritz]  

 

11. HOLOCENE AFRICA 

Tim Forssman, University of Mpumalanga, University of Pretoria; Innocent Pikirayi, University of Pretoria; and Graham Connah, Australian National University 

 

12. HOLOCENE EUROPE 

Chris Scarre, Durham University

 

13. SOUTHWEST ASIA: VILLAGE TO EMPIRE 

Roger Matthews, University of Reading; Hassan Fazeli Nashli, University of Tehran; and Kamal Rasheed Raheem, Sulaimaniyah Directorate of Antiquities

 

14. THE MEDITERRANEAN WORLD 

Susan E. Alcock, University of Oklahoma; John F. Cherry, Brown University; and Rubina Raja, Center for Urban Network Evolutions, Aarhus University  

 

15. SOUTH ASIA 

Robin Coningham, Durham University   

 

16. EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIA: CITIES AND STATES 

Charles Higham, University of Otago   

 

17. COMPLEX SOCIETIES OF MESOAMERICA 

Susan Toby Evans and David Webster, The Pennsylvania State University   

 

18. SOUTH AMERICA 

Gabriel Prieto, University of Florida; Helena Lima, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi; and Michael J. Heckenberger, University of Florida 

[previously Michael E. Moseley and Michael J. Heckenberger] 

 

19. COMPLEX SOCIETIES OF NORTH AMERICA 

George R. Milner, The Pennsylvania State University, and W. H. Wills, University of New Mexico 

 

20. THE HUMAN PAST: RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT 

Chris Scarre, Durham University