People of the Earth
Introduction to World Prehistory
Brian M. Fagan(Author)
Longman (Publisher)
6th Edition
Published on 31. May 1989
Book
Paperback/Softback
672 pages
978-0-673-39908-3 (ISBN)
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Description
This narrative traces the beginnings of humankind, surveying the prehistory of the world from the earliest times to the advent of literate civilization. The study examines the major theories of origin and the development of both the Old World and the New. In this edition, there is an expanded emphasis on the cultural complexity of early humans and their societies and on contemporary theories of biological and cultural evolution.
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Edition
6th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Harlow
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pearson Education Limited
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
Ill.
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Weight
905 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-673-39908-3 (9780673399083)
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Book
12/2000
10th Edition
Prentice-Hall
€40.55
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Content
Prehistory; the first humans (c.4 million to 40,000 years ago);the spread of homo sapiens (45,000 to 10,000 years ago); farmers (c.12,000 years ago to modern times); Old World civilizations (5250 years ago to modern times); state-organized societies in the Americas (3550 years ago to AD 1530).