Early People: Dk Eyewitness Guides

Author: Nick Merriman

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  • : 19.95 NZD
  • : 9780751364903
  • : pengui
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  • : 0.294
  • : 05 June 2003
  • : 278mm X 216mm X 8mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : 19.95
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  • : Nick Merriman
  • : Eyewitness
  • : Paperback
  • : New edition
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  • : 72
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  • : colour illustrations, colour photographs, glossary, index
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Barcode 9780751364903
9780751364903

Description

Ever wondered what the first humans looked like or why people first stood upright? Containing photographs of tools, clothing and even remains of bodies, this text provides an account of what life was like for our earliest ancestors.

Table of contents

Human or ape?; prehistoric food; the toolmakers; flint working; moving northwards; the coming of fire; life in the Ice Age; Ice-Age hunters; modern humans; the first artists; hunting and gathering; desert hunters; tilling the soil; clothing and fabrics; skin deep; magic; death and burial; ancient writing; bronze working; 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; did you know?; who's who?; find out more.