Sir John Evans 1823–1908: antiquity, commerce and natural science in the age of Darwin. Edited by Arthur Macgregor. 250mm. Pp xiv + 326, 59 b&w and col ills. Oxford: The Ashmolean Museum. ISBN 9781854442376. \\pounds45 (hbk).
The Singing Neanderthals: the Origins of Music, Language, Mind and Body , by Steven Mithen. London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 2005. ISBN 0-297-64317-7 hardback \\pounds20 & US$25.2; ix+374 pp.
First Farmers: the Origins of Agricultural Societies, by Peter Bellwood. Malden (MA): Blackwell, 2005; ISBN 0-631-20565-9 hardback \\pounds60; ISBN 0-631-20566-7 paperback \\pounds17.99, xix+360 pp., 59 figs., 3 tables.