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Early humans / - 1st American ed. - New York : Knopf, 1989. - 63 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. - Eyewitness books .

Includes index.

Man or ape? -- Prehistoric food -- The toolmakers -- Flintworking -- Moving northwards -- The coming of fire -- Life in the Ice Age -- Ice Age hunters -- Modern humans -- The first artists -- Hunting and gathering -- Hunters of the desert -- Tilling the soil -- Clothing and fabrics -- Skin deep -- Magic -- Death and burial -- Ancient writing -- Bronzeworking -- 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.

Text and photographs present a description of early humans: their origins; their tools and weapons; how they hunted and foraged for food; and the role of family life, money, religion, and magic.

ISBN: 0394822579 9780394822570 0394922573 (lib. bdg.) 9780394922577 (lib. bdg.)

LCCN: 88013431

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Prehistoric peoples--Juvenile literature.
Civilization, Ancient--Juvenile literature.
Prehistoric peoples.
Civilization, Ancient.

LC Class. No.: GN744 / .E27 1989

Dewey Class. No.: 930.1