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People of the Earth: An Introduction to World Prehistory with CD

People of the Earth is a narrative account of the prehistory of humankind from our origins over 3 million years ago to the first pre-industrial civilizations, beginning about 5,000 years ago. This is a global prehistory, which covers prehistoric times in every corner of the world, in a jargon-free style for newcomers to archaeology

Subject
historyanthropologyscience
Themes
archaeology
Audience
adult
Length
epic · 645 pages

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