People of the Earth: Introduction to World Prehistory - Tapa dura

This narrative traces the beginnings of humankind, surveying the prehistory of the world from the earliest times to the advent of literate civilization. The study examines the major theories of origin and the development of both the Old World and the New. In this edition, there is an expanded emphasis on the cultural complexity of early humans and their societies and on contemporary theories of biological and cultural evolution.