This book tells the human story from the origins of humankind to the end of the Stone Age around 2000 BC. It explores our links with other primates and examines theories of ...

Examines theories of evolution, the Great Apes, the origins of language, extinct species, and the global expansion that precipitated adaptation and diversity.

Looks at the period from 10,000 B.C. to 2,000 B.C., and discusses human impact on the environment, the worship of the goddess, and social and gender roles.

The subtitle of this volume aptly describes the contents and scope of this collection of papers from a conference held at Sligo in 2002 in honour of the late Professor Michael ...

Traces human development in the "New World" and Pacific islands from prehistoric times through the 1850s.