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The origin of humankind / by Leakey, Richard E.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-164) and index.
Subjects: Human evolution; Prehistoric peoples.;
© c1994., BasicBooks,
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The creation of inequality : how our prehistoric ancestors set the stage for monarchy, slavery, and empire / by Flannery, Kent V.; Marcus, Joyce.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 567-614) and index.pt. 1. Starting out equal -- Genesis and exodus -- Rousseau's "state of nature" -- Ancestors and enemies -- Why our ancestors had religion and the arts -- Inequality without agriculture -- pt. 2. Balancing prestige and equality -- Agriculture and achieved renown -- The ritual buildings of achievement-based societies -- The prehistory of the ritual house -- Prestige and equality in four Native American societies -- pt. 3. Societies that made inequality hereditary -- The rise and fall of hereditary inequality in farming societies -- Three sources of power in chiefly societies -- From ritual house to temple in the Americas -- Aristocracy without chiefs -- Temples and inequality in early Mesopotamia -- The chiefly societies in our backyard -- How to turn rank into stratification : tales of the South Pacific -- pt. 4. Inequality in kingdoms and empires -- How to create a kingdom -- Three of the New World's first-generation kingdoms -- The land of the scorpion king -- Black ox hides and golden stools -- The nursery of civilization -- Graft and imperialism -- How new empires learn from old -- pt. 5. Resisting inequality -- Inequality and natural law.
Subjects: Prehistoric peoples.; Anthropology, Prehistoric.; Human evolution.; Social evolution.; Equality.;
© 2012., Harvard University Press,
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The first dog / by Brett, Jan,1949-;
Kip the cave boy and Paleowolf each face hunger and danger on a journey in Paleolithic times; when they decide to join forces and help one another, Paleowolf becomes the first dog.
Subjects: Dogs; Prehistoric animals; Prehistoric peoples; Animals, Fossil; Dogs; Prehistoric peoples;
© c1988., Voyager Books, Harcourt Brace & Co.,
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The statues that walked : unraveling the mystery of Easter Island / by Hunt, Terry L.; Lipo, Carl P.;
The monumental statues of Easter Island, gazing out in their imposing rows over the island's barren landscape, have been a great mystery ever since the island was first discovered by Europeans. How could the ancient people who inhabited this tiny speck of land, the most remote in the vast expanse of the Pacific, have built such monumental works, and moved them from the quarry where they were carved to the coast? And if the island once boasted a culture sophisticated enough to have produced such marvelous edifices, what happened to that culture? The prevailing accounts of the island's history tell a story of self-inflicted devastation: a glaring case of eco-suicide. But when Terry Hunt and Carl Lipo began carrying out archaeological studies on the island in 2001, they uncovered a very different truth: they show that the Easter Islanders were remarkably inventive environmental stewards, rich with lessons for confronting the daunting environmental challenges of our own time.--From publisher description.Includes bibliographical references and index.A most mysterious island -- Millions of palms -- Resilience -- The ancient paths of stone giants -- The statues that walked -- A peaceable island -- Ahu and houses -- The benefits of making moai -- The collapse -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Environmental constraints -- Appendix 2: Lithic mulching and Manavai.
Subjects: Sculpture, Prehistoric; Prehistoric peoples; Polynesians;
© 2011., Free Press,
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The valley of horses / by Auel, Jean M.;
Second in the acclaimed Earth's Children series. Ayla leaves those she loves behind and travels alone through a stark open land filled with dangerous animals but few people, searching for the Others, tall and fair like herself.
Subjects: Epic fiction.; Historical fiction.; Prehistoric peoples; Ayla (Fictitious character); Glacial epoch;
© 2011., Bantam Books Trade Paperbacks,
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The plains of passage / by Auel, Jean M.;
The sequel to The Mammoth Hunters finds Ayla and Jondalar on their long journey returning to Jondalar's family. Returning humankind's earliest days, the fourth novel in the Earth's Children series. Courageous heroine Ayla and companion Jondalar leave the Mammoth Hunters and travel into the dark, spectacular lands of an unmapped world-always driven to reach a place that they can finally call home.
Subjects: Epic fiction.; Historical fiction.; Prehistoric peoples; Ayla (Fictitious character); Glacial epoch;
© 2011., Bantam Books Trade Paperbacks,
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Beyond the blue horizon : how the earliest mariners unlocked the secrets of the oceans / by Fagan, Brian M.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The sands and flats are discovered" -- Across the Pacific. Sunda and Sahul ; "Butterfly wings scattered over the water" ; A pattern of islands -- Poseidon's waters. A world of ceaseless movement ; Timber and mekku-stones -- The monsoon world. The Erythraean Sea ; "A place of great traffic" ; "We spread our cloudlike sails aloft" -- Turbulent waters in the North. Seascapes of ancestors ; "Storms fell on the stern in icy feathers" -- The Pacific to the West. The Aleutians : "The sea becomes very high" ; Raven releases the fish ; The fiery pool and the spiny oyster -- Of fish and portolans.Looks at the early development of navigation, examining how ancient humans discovered the secrets of wind, tides, and stars that allowed them to make long voyages that profoundly changed human civilization.
Subjects: Navigation, Prehistoric.; Sea Peoples; Ocean travel;
© c2012., Bloomsbury Press,
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The paleo cookbook : 90 grain-free, dairy-free recipes the whole family will love / by Conrad, Anna.; Mohr, Dustin,author.;
Subjects: Cookbooks.; High-protein diet; Prehistoric peoples; Cooking (Natural foods);
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Catching fire : how cooking made us human / by Wrangham, Richard W.,1948-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-287) and index.In this stunningly original book, renowned primatologist Richard Wrangham argues that "cooking" created the human race. At the heart of "Catching Fire" lies an explosive new idea: The habit of eating cooked rather than raw food permitted the digestive tract to shrink and the human brain to grow, helped structure human society, and created the male-female division of labor.
Subjects: Prehistoric peoples; Roasting (Cooking); Fire; Hearths, Prehistoric.; Food habits;
© 2010., Basic Books,
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The clan of the cave bear / by Auel, Jean M.;
Twenty years ago The Clan of the Cave Bear became a blockbuster, launching a bestselling saga. Beginning April 30, 2002, its success will reach all - new heights, with Crown's hardcover publication of the fifth volume in the story, The Shelters of Stone. The new hardcover, paired with Bantam's spring mass market repackaging and repromotion effort, will ensure that a whole new generation is introduced to this incredible epic. Summer delivers trade paperback editions of this contemporary classic, available for the first time ever. That means that all readers - and all booksellers - can get the novels in their format of choice. With momentum for these epics at its highest in over a decade, readers will yearn to discover the magic of Ayla's saga, or to refresh their memory of it. And one woman's odyssey, beginning at the dawn of time, will once again capture the imagination of millions. This novel of awesome beauty and power is a moving saga about people, relationships, and the boundaries of love. Through Jean M. Auel's magnificent storytelling we are taken back to the dawn of modern humans, and with a girl named Ayla we are swept up in the harsh and beautiful Ice Age world they shared with the ones who called themselves the Clan of the Cave Bear. A natural disaster leaves the young girl wandering alone in an unfamiliar and dangerous land until she is found by a woman of the Clan, people very different from her own kind. To them, blond, blue-eyed Ayla looks peculiar and ugly - she is one of the Others, those who have moved into their ancient homeland; but Iza cannot leave the girl to die and takes her with them. Iza and Creb, the old Mog-ur, grow to love her, and as Ayla learns the ways of the Clan and Iza's way of healing, most come to accept her. But the brutal and proud youth who is destined to become their next leader sees her differences as a threat to his authority. He develops a deep and abiding hatred for the strange girl of the Others who lives in their midst, and is determined to get his revenge.
Subjects: Epic fiction.; Historical fiction.; Ayla (Fictitious character); Prehistoric peoples; Women; Glacial epoch;
© 2011., Bantam Books Trade Paperbacks,
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