Early humans
Nick Merriman: project editor, Phil Wilkinson; special photography, Dave King
- 1st American ed.
- New York Alfred A. 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.