{"product_id":"prehistoric-investigations-2-christopher-seddon-9781739251994","title":"Prehistoric Investigations 2: In search of our ancient ancestors, from the first hominins to Homo sapiens, including the earliest evidence for hand ax","description":"AN OMNIBUS EDITION OF THE 'IN SEARCH OF' SERIES\u003cbr\u003eThe 'In Search of' series of twelve 12,000-word Kindle short reads has been a highly successful follow-up to Christopher Seddon's full-sized works 'Humans: from the Beginning', 'Prehistoric Investigations', and 'Astronomy: from the Beginning'. Now, for the first time, all twelve short reads are available in a single, printed volume. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFEATURING: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTHE FIRST HOMININS\u003cbr\u003eBefore the first humans came the age of the australopithecines - apes that walked upright like humans, but with brains no larger than those of chimpanzees.\u003cbr\u003eHOMO ERECTUS\u003cbr\u003eIn the late nineteenth century, Dutch anthropologist Eugène Dubois found the first example of an extinct human that had lived significantly before Homo sapiens.\u003cbr\u003eTHE ACHEULEAN HAND AXE\u003cbr\u003eA multifunction tool that remained in use, more or less unchanged, for 1,750,000 years.\u003cbr\u003ePILTDOWN MAN\u003cbr\u003eThe story of the most notorious hoax in the history of palaeoanthropology.\u003cbr\u003eMUDDLE IN THE MIDDLE\u003cbr\u003eHow Homo sapiens emerged into a world shared with Neanderthals, Denisovans, and 'hobbits'.\u003cbr\u003eFIRST USE OF FIRE\u003cbr\u003eDarwin described the discovery of fire as \"probably the greatest, excepting language, ever made by man\" - but how was it made?\u003cbr\u003eGLANVILLE\u003cbr\u003ePUBLICATIONS COVER DESIGN: Vici Macdonald\u003cbr\u003eNEANDERTHALS\u003cbr\u003eThe term has been used in a negative context for decades, but why do Neanderthals get such a bad rap?\u003cbr\u003eEARLY FUNERARY PRACTICES\u003cbr\u003eMourning and remembering the dead is a very ancient part of the human condition, but it may not be confined to modern or even archaic humans.\u003cbr\u003eTHE ORIGINS OF HOMO SAPIENS How our understanding of human origins has developed over the centuries, from the Great Chain of Being to modern theories.\u003cbr\u003ePREHISTORIC ART\u003cbr\u003eThe discovery of the first cave art shattered nineteenth-century perceptions that the people of that era were primitive savages.\u003cbr\u003eEARLY SEAFARERS\u003cbr\u003eThe oldest-known boats are only around 12,000 years old, but seafaring could predate the emergence of modern humans.\u003cbr\u003eEARLY METALLURGY\u003cbr\u003eFor most of their existence, humans made tools from stone and bone. How did they learn about copper, bronze, and iron?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christopher Seddon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1739251997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781739251994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Glanville Publishers, Incorporated\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/19\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.37lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.75d","brand":"Christopher Seddon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48445644964095,"sku":"9781739251994","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_52944039-6edf-4a7a-a052-15d699008e4a.jpg?v=1777219807","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/prehistoric-investigations-2-christopher-seddon-9781739251994","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}