New York: Harper & Row, (1965) dj. Hardcover first edition - Essays on the origins of man and relationships which focus on recent human fossils found in China, North America and Africa, and which expands on the ideas in his landmark "Phenomenon of Man." de Chardin was a biologist, paleontologist, Jesuit priest and often controversial theologian, a man of both tremendous intellect and great spiritual faith. Translated from the French by J. M. Cohen. Preface by Robert T. Francoeur. Frontispiece portrait. Bibliography, index. 286 pp.