The Illustrated History of Early ManA discussion of the origins of human beings and civilization from the first hunter gather groups to the cultures of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Peru, Zimbabwe, and many others. |
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Aboriginal Acheulean adapted Africa agriculture Americas anatomically modern humans ancestors animals apes archaic Homo sapiens areas Asia Asian australopithecines Australopithecus afarensis Australopithecus africanus band began behavior bipedalism bones brain bronze built burials cave paintings chiefdoms chimpanzee China civilization climate colonized communities complex culture derthal developed earliest early farmers early hominids East Egypt environment Eurasia Europe evolution evolved extinct female forest fossil France gatherers glacial gracile australopithecine groups herds hominids Homo erectus Homo habilis hunter hunter-gatherer societies hunter-gatherers hunting Ice Age ice sheets Indian Indus irrigation islands jaws Left lived mammals mammoth meat Mesoamerica Mesolithic Mesopotamia million years ago Minoan mtDNA Mycenaean Natufians Neanderthal Neolithic northern numbers Oldowan Olmec Paleo-Indians period plains plant foods polished stone population pottery probably rainforest savannah sedentary settlement Shang skull Southeast southern spear species Stone Age stone tools Sumerian survive temple tion toolmaking Upper Paleolithic valley wild cereals