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The past in perspective : an introduction to human prehistory /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Feder, Kenneth L. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2017]
Edition:Seventh edition.
Subjects:
Prehistoric peoples > Textbooks.
Human evolution > Textbooks.
Fossil hominids > Textbooks.
Human remains (Archaeology) > Textbooks.
Table of Contents:
  • Encountering the past
  • Probing the past
  • African roots
  • The human lineage
  • The first humans : the evolution of Homo sapiens
  • Expanding intellectual horizons : arts and ideas in the Upper Paleolithic and Late Stone Age
  • Expanding geographic horizons : new worlds
  • After the ice : the food-producing revolution
  • Roots of complexity : the origins of civilization
  • An explosion of complexity : Mesopotamia, Africa, and Europe
  • An explosion of complexity : the Indus Valley and China
  • An explosion of complexity : Mesoamerica
  • An explosion of complexity : South America
  • An explosion of complexity : North America
  • Evolutionary epilogue: The Anthropocene epoch?
  • Hominid species glossary
  • Glossary.