Essays by Isaac Asimov about anthropology

Copyright © 1995 by Edward Seiler and Richard Hatcher. All rights reserved.

Look Long upon a Monkey

Subject: apes and men
First Published In: Sep-74, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
Collection(s):

• 1975 Of Matters Great and Small
  
• 1989 Asimov on Science
  
• 1996 Magic
  

The Road to Humanity

Subject: /twenty evolutionary steps to humanity
First Published In: Dec-87, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
Collection(s):

• 1990 Out of the Everywhere
  

Standing Tall

Subject: /bipedality; last seven evolutionary steps to humanity
First Published In: Jan-88, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
Collection(s):

• 1990 Out of the Everywhere
  

The Size Explosion

Subject: the past 5 million years of hominid evolution
First Published In: 15-Oct-87, American Way (American Airlines)
Collection(s):

• DOES NOT APPEAR IN ANY COLLECTIONS
  

On Your Hind Legs

Subject: causes of bipedal evolution
First Published In: 1987-1989, Los Angeles Times
Collection(s):

• 1989 Frontiers
  

Vital Cooperation (w/Janet)

Subject: cooperation throughout the animal world
First Published In: 1990-1992, Los Angeles Times
Collection(s):

• 1993 Frontiers II
  

Standing Up

Subject: the hominid difference
First Published In: Nov-84, American Way (American Airlines)
Collection(s):

• 1986 The Dangers of Intelligence
  

Hands at Last

Subject: the question of the earliest tool usage
First Published In: 1987-1989, Los Angeles Times
Collection(s):

• 1989 Frontiers
  

Two Hominids, Two Diets

Subject: diet favored H. habilis over A. robustus
First Published In: 1990-1992, Los Angeles Times
Collection(s):

• 1993 Frontiers II
  

Crossing to Australia

Subject: tracing early man's (Aborigines') history
First Published In: 1990-1992, Los Angeles Times
Collection(s):

• 1993 Frontiers II
  

The Lost City

Subject: the historical basis of Atlantis
First Published In: Jan-88, Atlantis
Collection(s):

• 1989 The Tyrannosaurus Prescription
  

How Old Are We?

Subject: man and Neanderthals' coexistence
First Published In: 1987-1989, Los Angeles Times
Collection(s):

• 1989 Frontiers
  

A Bone Speaks Volumes

Subject: the case for Neanderthals' speech
First Published In: 1987-1989, Los Angeles Times
Collection(s):

• 1989 Frontiers
  

Neanderthal Man

Subject: Neanderthals are more modern than originally thought
First Published In: 1987, Neanderthals
Collection(s):

• 1989 The Tyrannosaurus Prescription
  

Valentine's Day

Subject: the origin of St. Valentine's day from Roman traditions
First Published In: 1988, Fourteen Vicious Valentines by ?? (1988)
Collection(s):

• 1989 The Tyrannosaurus Prescription
  

The Forces of Evil

Subject: origin of Halloween and some other special days
First Published In: 1983, Thirteen Horrors of Halloween
Collection(s):

• 1989 The Tyrannosaurus Prescription