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Early humans / [project editor, Phil Wilkinson ; editorial consultant, Nick Merriman ; special photography, Dave King].

Merriman, Nick, (author.). Wilkinson, Philip, 1955- (Added Author). Merriman, Nick. (Added Author). King, Dave. (Added Author). King, Dave, (illustrator.).

Summary:

Text and photographs present a description of early humans: their origins; their tools and weapons; how they hunted and foraged for food; and the role of family life, money, religion, and magic.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0394922573
  • ISBN: 9780394922577
  • ISBN: 0394822579
  • ISBN: 9780394822570
  • Physical Description: 63 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm.
  • Edition: First American edition
  • Publisher: New York : Knopf, 1989.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Man or ape? -- Prehistoric food -- The toolmakers -- Flintworking -- Moving northwards -- The coming of fire -- Life in the Ice Age -- Ice Age hunters -- Modern humans -- The first artists -- Hunting and gathering -- Hunters of the desert -- Tilling the soil -- Clothing and fabrics -- Skin deep -- Magic -- Death and burial -- Ancient writing -- Bronzeworking -- The beauties of bronze -- A Bronze Age warrior -- Iron Age finery -- Life in the Iron Age -- Men of iron -- Ancient China -- Small change -- Central Americans -- North Americans -- Digging up the past.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 8.5 1 9551.

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Prehistoric peoples > Juvenile literature.
Civilization, Ancient > Juvenile literature.
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Literature.

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