Start with high-confidence physical anthropology books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
First Steps
Jeremy DeSilva
The Story of the Human Body
Daniel E. Lieberman
Survival of the Friendliest
Brian Hare, Vanessa Woods
Neanderthal Man
Svante Pääbo
Still Life With Bones
Alexa Hagerty
The Anthropology Book
DK, D.K. Publishing
The Journey of Man
Spencer Wells
Bone Voyage
Stanley Rhine
Who We Are and How We Got Here
David Reich
The Goodness Paradox
Richard Wrangham, Richard W. Wrangham
A Companion to Paleopathology
Anne L. Grauer
Masters of the Planet
Ian Tattersall, Bob Souer
Anthropology
William Haviland, Harald Prins
Almost Human
Lee Berger, John Hawks
Kindred
Rebecca Wragg Sykes, Audible Studios
Evolution Gone Wrong
Alex Bezzerides, Joe Knezevich
Origin
Jennifer Raff
Born in Africa
Martin Meredith
Ancient Bones
Madelaine Böhme, Aimée Ayotte
