Disc 4. Was agriculture a revolution or an accident? Stones and bones: the first fossil families -- Bio-cultural adaptation and Homo erectus -- How Homo sapiens left Africa -- X-Woman! meet our ancient relatives -- Disc 2. Did the Neanderthals really go extinct? -- Sailing to Australia 60,000-plus years ago -- The origins of language and music -- Handprints in Time: early art and objects -- Ancient jewelry as extensions of the mind -- Disc 3. Death and burial in the prehistoric world -- Feast or famine? the Paleolithic diet -- Why there's no such thing as cavemen -- Early technology: axes, harpoons, and hooks -- Coming to the Americas 20,000-plus years ago -- Disc 4. Living dangerously as the last Ice Age ended -- Brewing beer and baking bread in the Levant -- The hunter-gatherers begin to settle down -- Secrets of cave art, ceramics, and cattle -- Was agriculture a revolution or an accident?
Summary:
"You are a member of the only species that has survived in the genus Homo since its 2.5-million-year evolutionary journey began. Homo habilis, H. erectus, H. neanderthalensis--plus many other species we know of and perhaps dozens yet to be discovered--have all come and gone. Homo sapiens alone has endured. Who were these long-ago ancestors of ours? Where and how did they live and die? And how are we even able to learn about these humans, some of whom became extinct millions of years ago? These are only a few of the myriad fascinating questions explored in Early Humans: Ice, Stone, and Survival."--Publisher's promotional description.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.