| Description |
160 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 157) and index. |
| Contents |
Before man -- Southern apes and handy men -- The first hunters -- The mysterious Neanderthals -- All about Eve : DNA and the origins of modern man -- The long walk : the peopling of the Earth -- The revolution of the Upper Paleolithic -- A window on the past : modern hunter-gathers -- The world after the ice -- The first farmers -- Tribes and chiefdoms : early farming societies -- Sumer : the first civilization -- Civilizations everywhere |
| Summary |
A discussion of the origins of human beings and civilization from the first hunter gather groups to the cultures of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Peru, Zimbabwe, and many others. |
| Subject |
Prehistoric peoples.
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Human evolution.
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Civilization, Ancient.
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| Added Title |
Early man |
| ISBN |
0831717548 |
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9780831717544 |
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