Weaver, Anne H.
Children of time evolution and the human story Anne H. Weaver ; illustrations by Matt Celeskey. - Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2012. - xiii, 178 pages : color illustrations ; Hardback 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-178).
Bones and stones : exploring the past on a ranch near Clovis, New Mexico -- Before we had words : life and death near the edge of a forest in southern Africa, 2,500,000 years ago -- Roaank Awaagh : dangerous encounters in an East African river valley 1,750,000 years ago -- Ol and his family : hunting and sharing, 1,500,000 years ago in East Africa -- The cave : an encounter with strangers, near what is now Amud, Israel, almost 60,000 years ago -- The ceremony of returning : fireworks under a full moon, in what is now the Czech Republic, 26,000 years ago.
"The stories in this book bring our distant ancestors to life through the eyes of their children. Each carefully researched chapter is based on an actual child fossil--a baby, a five-year-old, a young adolescent, and teenagers... The stories are made up, but they are based on real bones, teeth, stone tools, ashes, pollen, and Ice Age art"--From publisher description.
9780826344427 0826344429
2011024884
Human evolution--Juvenile literature.
Human remains (Archaeology)--Juvenile literature.
GN281 / .W42 2012
j599.938 Wea 25
Children of time evolution and the human story Anne H. Weaver ; illustrations by Matt Celeskey. - Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2012. - xiii, 178 pages : color illustrations ; Hardback 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-178).
Bones and stones : exploring the past on a ranch near Clovis, New Mexico -- Before we had words : life and death near the edge of a forest in southern Africa, 2,500,000 years ago -- Roaank Awaagh : dangerous encounters in an East African river valley 1,750,000 years ago -- Ol and his family : hunting and sharing, 1,500,000 years ago in East Africa -- The cave : an encounter with strangers, near what is now Amud, Israel, almost 60,000 years ago -- The ceremony of returning : fireworks under a full moon, in what is now the Czech Republic, 26,000 years ago.
"The stories in this book bring our distant ancestors to life through the eyes of their children. Each carefully researched chapter is based on an actual child fossil--a baby, a five-year-old, a young adolescent, and teenagers... The stories are made up, but they are based on real bones, teeth, stone tools, ashes, pollen, and Ice Age art"--From publisher description.
9780826344427 0826344429
2011024884
Human evolution--Juvenile literature.
Human remains (Archaeology)--Juvenile literature.
GN281 / .W42 2012
j599.938 Wea 25