The Chosen SpeciesIs modern man the logical conclusion of a long evolutionary journey? Or are humans merely an evolutionary accident? The Chosen Species answers these and many other questions about our origins. Authors Juan Luis Arsuaga and Ignacio Martnez are world renowned paleoanthropologists and co directors of the excavations at Atapuerca a World Heritage Site and Europes oldest known burial site where their team discovered a new human species, homo antecessor.