| Edition |
1st American edition. |
| Description |
208 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 30 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-204) and index. |
| Summary |
Discusses the three million year advance of man through walking, the use of tools and fire, migration, agriculture, metalwork, the wheel, writing, to the threshold of civilization. |
| Contents |
Mankind in perspective -- First signs of humanity -- Enter archaeology -- Progress or standstill? -- Out of Homo erectus, Homo sapiens -- Into the last 100,000 years -- The heights of Paleolithic achievement -- New directions -- The final steps to civilization. |
| Subject |
Prehistoric peoples.
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Antiquities, Prehistoric.
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Social evolution.
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Civilization.
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Antiquities, Prehistoric. (OCoLC)fst00810762
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Civilization. (OCoLC)fst00862898
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Prehistoric peoples. (OCoLC)fst01075242
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Social evolution. (OCoLC)fst01122456
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| ISBN |
0394722663 (paperback) |
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9780394722665 (paperback) |
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0394342941 |
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9780394342948 |
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0861360443 |
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9780861360444 |
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