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Early humans

by Merriman, Nick
Additional authors: Wilkinson, Philip -- Project Ed. | Davenport, Vicky -- Managing Ed. | King, Dave -- Special Photography | Kennedy, Miranda -- Art Ed.
Series: Eyewitness books Edition statement:1st American ed. Published by : Alfred A. Knopf (New York ) Physical details: 63 p. ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. ISBN:0394822579; 9780394822570; 0394922573 (lib. bdg.); 9780394922577 (lib. bdg.).
Subject(s): Prehistoric peoples -- Juvenile literature. | Civilization, Ancient -- Juvenile literature. | Prehistoric peoples. | Civilization, Ancient.
Year: 1989
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Item type Current location Call number Status Date due Barcode
j 900 - 999 j930.1 Mer (Browse shelf) Available 97041

Includes index.

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.

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.