First steps -- The clever ape -- Neanderthals -- Modern humans -- The Stone Age -- Living off the land -- The use of fire -- Life in the freezer -- Land of the giants -- The first artists -- Looking good -- The first religions -- Living with animals -- Taming the land -- The age of metal -- Weapons of war -- Ancient China -- Early Australia -- The Americas -- The first towns -- How do we know? -- True or false? -- Head for home -- What's this? -- Which way? -- Glossary.
Summary:
From the earliest human-like apes to the use of stone-age tools, from the discovery of fire to the dawn of agriculture and civilization, this book explores how the earliest people lived.
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