CONTENTS -- Foreword to the First Edition ix -- Preface to the Expanded Paperback Edition xv -- 1 JUST ANOTHER ITEM ON THE MENU 1 -- Fossil Evidence and Living Primates, 5 -- Predation and Primate Studies, 9 -- An Accurate Appraisal of Predation, 9 -- 2 DEBUNKING "MAN THE HUNTER" 11 -- Will the First Hominid Please Stand Up? 13 -- A Messy Bush, 21 -- Wanderlust, 22 -- Man the Hunter? 23 -- Man the Dancer! 28 -- We Were Not "Cat Food"! 30 -- 3 WHO'S EATING WHOM? 33 -- A Tale of Two Families, 34 -- The Prey Flee, the Predator Pursues, 38 -- Who Are These Primate Prey? 41 -- The Dichotomy about Death, 45 -- The James Carville Approach, 46 -- Predation Risk versus Predation Rate, 52 -- Who Was Eating Our Hominid Ancestors? 55 -- 4 LIONS AND TIGERS AND BEARS, OH MY! 57 -- Choose Your Weapon, 63 -- The Long and Winding Road from South Africa to Georgia, 70 -- Killing Machines, 76 -- Before the Age of Ulcers, 77 -- Perfect Primate Predators, 80 -- Give Us the Bear Facts, 84 -- 5 COURSING HYENAS AND HUNGRY DOGS 89 -- Wolves at the Door, 90 -- No Laughing Matter, 95 -- Howls in the Prehistoric Night, 97 -- Leaders of the Pack, 104 -- 6 MISSIONARY POSITION 111 -- The Serpentine Route, 112 -- Breathing Fire: The Komodo Dragon, 124 -- My, What Big Teeth You Have! 127 -- On Top of Everything Else, Sharks, Too? 133 -- 7 TERROR FROM THE SKY 135 -- Featherweights and Talon Tips, 138 -- Crested Viragos, 141 -- An Alfred Hitchcock Moment, 147 -- The Record of Giant Raptors, 149 -- The Taung Child Tells Its Tale, 151 -- Running Hawks, Hungry Toucans, and Giant Owls, 155 -- 8 WE WEREN'T JUST WAITING AROUND TO BE EATEN! 161 -- Heavyweight Champions, 166 -- Why Hermits Seem Odd, 170 -- We Saw . . . Food. We Came . . . Down from the Trees.We Conquered . . . Gravity, 174 -- On the Path to Einstein, 180 -- Daytime Talk Shows, 182.

Making a Last Stand: Counterattack and Chutzpah, 186 -- Weapons of Mass Destruction, 189 -- 9 GENTLE SAVAGE OR BLOODTHIRSTY BRUTE? 191 -- The Hunting Myth and Sociobiology, 194 -- Chimpanzee and Human Males as Demonic Killers, 201 -- Chimpanzee Aggression, 207 -- Getting Out of Our Genes, 211 -- The Other 50%, 213 -- 10 MAN THE HUNTED 219 -- Sink Your Teeth into This! 226 -- Painting the Family Portrait, 231 -- Habitat for Humanity, 235 -- Macaques Us? 239 -- Put It All Together and What Do You Have? 242 -- Man the Hunted, 245 -- The Oldest Story, 248 -- 11 THE LAST WORD 251 -- Carnivore Crimes: More about Bears, Big Cats, and Hyenas, 257 -- Python Pestilence and Eagle Escapades, 262 -- Man the Cannibal, 265 -- Cut Marks, Tooth Marks, and Question Marks, 268 -- Man the Sneaky Meat Thief, 271 -- Man the Peace-Loving Hippie? 275 -- Conventional Wisdom as Science, 283 -- Really Our Last Words, 284 -- Acknowledgments 287 -- Notes 289 -- Bibliography 311 -- Index 347 -- About the Authors 359.