Traces the roots of early civilization beginning with the hominids, their customs, culture, social groups, and migration.

Recent archaeological discoveries from China and central Asia have changed our understanding of how human civilization developed in the period of some 4 million

Follows the footsteps of life from the very first creatures and sea animals, to plants and arthropods leaving the water to live and walk on land, the evolution

Theory and Methods in Archaeology and Prehistory Written for complete beginners in a narrative style, Ancient Lives is aimed at introductory courses in archaeol

Some forty scholars examine California's prehistory and archaeology, looking at marine and terrestrial palaeoenvironments, initial human colonization, linguisti