Human Origin and Variation focuses on those fields which impinge upon the story of human evolution. Attempts have been made to focus on the perspectives and the approaches in human origin and variation part of biological/physical anthropology in the past and the changes brought about during the course of its development to its present context. The question of the Origin of life, The place of humans in nature, Phylogenetic status, Characteristics and distribution of Fossil man, Geological time table and forms of Animal Life, Various major groups of living primates and the course of evolution leading to the emergence of modem Homo sapiens, and questions relating to the cultural evolution of man, Primate Behaviour and the phenomena of the Race of discussed. Throughout the book author's effort has been to make the subject matter readably comprehensible to the beginners.