I'm relatively new to Goodreads, but happy to be on board! My first order of business is to thank the nearly 1000 people who entered the contest to win a preprint of my next book Last Ape Standing: The Seven-Million-Year Story of How and Why We Survived. I'm very grateful!

Even if you didn't win, I hope you will seek the book out, give it a read and let me know what you think. I'm always looking for ways to improve, and always looking to discuss the fascinating question of how we came to be the remarkable creatures we are.

Check back here in the future for blog posts of all kinds (not just those that promote my writing :-). And please check out a site I launched three years ago which you may find interesting if you're as fascinated with human nature and behavior as I am: http://www.AllThingsHuman.net.

To see what others like Ray Kurzweil, William Shatner, Michael Keaton and Donald Johanson are saying about Last Ape Standing: The Seven-Million-Year Story of How and Why We Survived (due out January 29, 2013), please visit http://www.chipwalter.com.