The similarity between monkeys and humans has early sparked the curiosity of science. Through anatomical and morphological comparisons of living and fossil primates, as well as biochemical and molecular biological analyses, a phylogenetic tree of the hominins can now be traced with increasingly clearer relationships. The evolutionary history of humans narrates this evolution of the hominins in an understandable, pleasant-to-read, yet well-founded manner. In independent windows from the text, relevant concepts or hypotheses are explored in depth, such as ecological niches, life history, the initial settlement of Europe and stone tool cultures, as well as specific methodological aspects of site interpretation, classification, phylogenetic relationships, and dating methods, such as the molecular clock.