On the continent of Africa, millions of years ago, humanlike creatures walked the earth for the very first time. Rediscover their prehistoric world and find out what it was like to live through the Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages, and how the first settled communities grew up.Did you know that the earliest pottery was invented in Japan around 12,500 years ago, or that the Neanderthalpeople buried their dead with ritualistic ceremonies?Learn about this and much more in this fascinatingreference book for 8- to 12-year-olds.

Describes the lives of early prehistoric peoples, from the use of tools and the migration of early hominids around the world to human life during the Ice Age, the domestication of animals, and prehistoric art.

Dramatic story of prehistoric times. Follow the trail of an endangered species called Man. Learn how early human beings adapted to the harsh environment, the tools they developed, and how they managed to survive.

Describes the history, customs, and daily life of the people from the Prehistoric Era.

What were prehistoric people really like? How did they live? What animals did they hunt? Noted nature illustrator Jan Sovak provides some clues about these early humans. 29 ready-to-color scenes depict young Neanderthals on a hunt, burial of the dead, Cro-Magnon people hunting mammoths, cave paintings, Cro-Magnon weapons and jewelry, the use of dugouts and canoes for fishing, the role of the clan's shaman (medicine man), and other images based on archeological evidence. Captions included.

A brief introduction to the evolution and characteristics of prehistoric people from apelike prehumans to modern man.

Recent archaeological discoveries from China and central Asia have changed our understanding of how human civilization developed in the period of some 4 million years before the start of written history. In this new edition of his Very Short Introduction, Chris Gosden explores the current theories on the ebb and flow of human cultural variety.