伊安‧泰特薩(Ian Tattersall)是知名的人類化石專傢，在紐約市的「美國自然歷史博物館」擔任人類學部門典藏長。

館內由他創立的人類演化新展示廳，獲得參觀者一緻的好評。為瞭從事研究，泰特薩的足跡遍及世界各地，無數次的考古之旅也使得他的著作更顯得多采多姿。

他已發錶數以百計的文章，並齣版十一種書作，包括《人類的祖先》《狐猴生物學》《人類演化的迷思》《人類演化與史前時期百科全書》《人類奧德賽：人類演化的四百萬年》《靈長目動物：狐猴、猴子與你》《化石蹤跡》《最後的尼安德塔人》等作品。

In Becoming Human, noted anthropologist and renaissance man Ian Tattersall explores what makes us uniquely human, the qualities that set us apart from our ancestors, and the significance of our knowledge. A worldwide tour of discovery, Tattersall takes the reader from 30,000-year-old cave paintings in France and anthropological digs in Africa, to examining human behavior in a New York restaurant. And by offering wisdom gleaned from fossil remains, primate behavior, prehistoric art, and archaeology, Tattersall presents a stunning picture of where humankind evolved, how Darwin's theories have changed, and what we reliably know about modern-day human's capacity for love, language, and thought. Widely praised in the media, and an Amazon.com Top-10 bestseller, Becoming Human is an amazing trip into the past and into the future.