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Masters of the Planet
Fifty thousand years ago - merely a blip in evolutionary time - our Homo sapiens ancestors were competing for existence with several other human species, just as their precursors …
Stepping-Stones
An awe-inspiring study of the enduring power of Paleolithic art The cave art of France’s Dordogne region is world-famous for the mythology and beauty of its remarkable drawings and …
The World from Beginnings to 4000 BCE
This book narrates the story of human biological and cultural evolution, from the earliest beginnings of our zoological family Hominidae, through the emergence of Homo sapiens, to …
Jay Matternes
The first career-spanning volume on Jay Matternes (b. 1933), whose scientific rigor and artistic skill set a new standard in natural history illustration. Millions have grown up …
World from Beginnings to 4000 BCE
To be human is to be curious. And one of the things we are most curious about is how we came to be who we are--how we evolved over millions of years to become creatures capable of …
Encyclopedia of Human Evolution and Prehistory
Now widely recognised as a standard in the field, the Encyclopedia of Human Evolution and Prehistory provides the most complete context possible for understanding the …
Lemur Biology
The volume of studies on prosimian primates has, until recently, tended to lag well behind that of studies on the higher primates. This is so despite the fact that the considerable …
The Myths of Human Evolution
El mundo desde sus inicios al 4000 a. C.
Desde los primeros homínidos, pasando por la aparición del género Homo, hasta el perfeccionamiento en la talla de rocas, el origen de la agricultura y la vida sedentaria, Ian …
The Monkey in the Mirror
Widely regarded as one of the rare eminent scientists who is also a graceful writer, Ian Tattersall here takes up some of the most controversial questions in evolutionary history …
Stepping-Stones
“The next best thing to actually seeing the prehistoric cave art of southern Franc[e] . . . A rapturous guide through five major Ice Age sites” (Archaeology). The cave art of …