Early Humans
Title | Early Humans PDF eBook |
Author | Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff |
Publisher | |
Pages | 64 |
Release | 1995-04-01 |
Genre | Civilization, Ancient |
ISBN | 9780789458070 |
Here is an original and exciting new look at the fascinating world of ancient people and their ways of life.
Early Humans
Title | Early Humans PDF eBook |
Author | Nick Merriman |
Publisher | DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley) |
Pages | 68 |
Release | 2000-07-12 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9780789465597 |
Here is an original and exciting new look at the fascinating world of ancient people and their ways of life. Stunning real-life photographs of tools, weapons, jewelry, clothing and even the remains of the people themselves offer a unique "eyewitness" view of how human life changed during its first four million years. See the tools used by the first farmers, the oldest surviving food, the weapons of a Bronze Age chieftain, and what our earliest ancestors looked like. Learn why humans first stood upright, how people survived the cold of the Ice Age, how scientists uncovered the Piltdown Man hoax, how to make a flint axehead, and which people used magic to find their food. Discover how early people hunted and gathered their food, which people made jewelry out of leopards' teeth and hornets' wing cases, how bread was made in the Bronze Age, how mummies and bog bodies have been preserved, and much, much more!
Early Humans
Title | Early Humans PDF eBook |
Author | Philip Wilkinson |
Publisher | DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley) |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Children's literature, English |
ISBN | 9780756610685 |
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.
DK Eyewitness Books: Early Humans
Title | DK Eyewitness Books: Early Humans PDF eBook |
Author | DK |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 74 |
Release | 2005-04-11 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 0756650828 |
Discover how the world's first people lived from cave dwellings to the tools of the Iron Age with DK Eyewitness Books: Early Humans. Learn how early people hunted and gathered their food, which people made jewelry out of leopards' teeth, how bread was made in the Bronze Age, how mummies and bog bodies have been preserved, and much, much more in Eyewitness: Early Humans!
DK Eyewitness Early Humans
Title | DK Eyewitness Early Humans PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Stone Age
Title | Stone Age PDF eBook |
Author | Klint Janulis |
Publisher | DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley) |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2017 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9780241282700 |
"Find out how early humans hunted a woolly mammoth, made fire, and created cave paintings in this fascinating book for children about the Stone Age. For any kid who can't get enough of Stone Age facts, DKfindout! Stone Age is packed with up-to-date information, fun quizzes, and incredible images of every aspect of Stone Age life. Discover what Stone Age people wore, sample some of their favorite foods, and read about the history of wolves. Look inside the Stone Age, and learn all about the Iron Age, Bronze Age, and the Ice Ages, too. All the information is broken down into bite-sized chunks, and the colorful illustrations bring history to life. The perfect books for children aged 6-8, the DKfindout! series contains beautiful photography, lively illustrations, and key curriculum information. It will satisfy any child who is eager to learn and acquire facts - and keep them coming back for more!"
Eyewitness Companions: World History
Title | Eyewitness Companions: World History PDF eBook |
Author | DK |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 514 |
Release | 2010-01-18 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0756672430 |
The full story of human endeavor - complete with its dramas, wars, schemes, discoveries, and personalities - is laid out before you in this illustrated guide to the history of our world. Who were the Mongols, the Maya, or Isis? How far did the Roman or the British empire stretch? Why did apartheid or Communism begin, and what were the issues in the Vietnam War? Eyewitness Companion: World History is your convenient reference, answering all your questions. But it also tells you why events happen and explain key issues. Its timelines trace events as they happen, from the appearance of the first humans in Africa to first civilizations and then on to recent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and the space race. It succinctly explains how one event led to another and sums up topics that include ancient Egypt, the Romans, the Renaissance, World Wars I and II, slavery and empire, and Communist China. Dotted throughout this comprehensive volume are sumptuous images that reveal historical world treasures, such as the 16,000-year old cave paintings at Lascaux, Machu Picchu, and the Taj Mahal. With wide coverage of the world's civilizations, events, ideas, and discoveries, Eyewitness Companion: World History is both an essential reference and a fascinating read.