Author : Rebecca Stefoff
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 19,72 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780761441861
This series takes readers on a journey through the evolutionary history of humans.
Author : Brian Fagan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 29,50 MB
Release : 2011-05-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1608194051
Cro-Magnons were the first fully modern Europeans--not only the creators of the stunning cave paintings at Lascaux and elsewhere, but the most adaptable and technologically inventive people that had yet lived on earth. The prolonged encounter between theCro-Magnons and the archaic Neanderthals, between 45,000 and 30,000 years ago, was one of the defining moments of history. The Neanderthals survived for some 15,000 years in the face of the newcomers, but were finally pushed aside by the Cro-Magnons' vastly superior intellectual abilities and cutting-edge technologies. What do we know about this remarkable takeover? Who were these first modern Europeans and what were they like? How did they manage to thrive in such an extreme environment? And what legacydid they leave behind them after the cold millennia? This is the story of a little known, yet seminal, chapter of human experience.--From publisher description.
Author : Brian M. Fagan
Publisher : Tantor Media Incorporated
Page : pages
File Size : 17,83 MB
Release : 2014-05-09
Category : NATURE
ISBN : 9781400195947
Fagan reveals human society in its infancy, facing enormous environmental challenges--including a rival species of humans, the Neanderthals.
Author : Neil Bockoven
Publisher :
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 25,72 MB
Release : 2019-05
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781643165721
"After living 250,000 years in ice age Europe, Neanderthals went extinct shortly after we arrived. Why? This engaging story, paired with many Science Corner facts, serves to answer the question. Children will discover some of their heritage--why most of us are part Neanderthal, and what may have happened to this other human species"--
Author : Steven M. Stanley
Publisher : Harmony
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 20,92 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Science
ISBN :
As demonstrated by the popular writings of Donald Johanson, Richard Leakey, and Stephen Jay Gould, the contending theories of human evolution hold a special fascination for book buyers. In this book, Stanley offers an intriguing new answer to the classic question about which came first, bipedal locomotion or the large brain of our own genus, Homo. Line drawings.
Author : Nico Medina
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 29,45 MB
Release : 2017-10-10
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0399543902
A mesmerizing overview of the world as it was when glaciers covered the earth and long-extinct creatures like the woolly mammoths and saber-toothed cats battled to survive. Go back 20,000 years ago to a time of much colder global temperatures when glaciers and extensive sheets of ice covered much of our planet. As these sheets traveled, they caused enormous changes in the Earth's landscape and climate, leading to the evolution of creatures such as giant armadillos, saber-toothed cats, and woolly mammoths as well as club-wielding Neanderthals and later the cleverer modern humans. Nico Medina re-creates this harsh ancient world in a vivid and easy-to-read narrative.
Author : John F. Hoffecker
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 14,37 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780813529929
The burning question, of course, is why a creature that originated in cozy tropical Africa would go live in a cold and dry place, especially at its coldest and driest, between 300,000 and 12,000 years ago. Alas, no pioneer journals survive, at least translated into a modern European language; and Hoffecker (U. of Colorado-Boulder), a specialist in the archaeology of people in cold environments, true to his sources, remains silent on the issue. He summarizes the Ice Age settlement of Eastern European during the transition from Neanderthals to immediate human ancestors, within the context of human evolution as a whole. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : April Nowell
Publisher : Oxbow Books
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 46,6 MB
Release : 2021-06-09
Category : History
ISBN : 1789252954
In prehistoric societies children comprised 40–65% of the population, yet by default, our ancestral landscapes are peopled by adults who hunt, gather, fish, knap tools, and make art. But these adults were also parents, grandparents, aunts, and uncles who had to make space physically, emotionally, intellectually, and cognitively for the infants, children, and adolescents around them. Growing Up in the Ice Age is a timely and evidence-based look at the lived lives of Paleolithic children and the communities of which they were a part. By rendering these ‘invisible’ children visible, readers will gain a new understanding of the Paleolithic period as a whole, and in doing so will learn how children have contributed to the biological and cultural entities we are today.
Author : Neil Bockoven
Publisher :
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 16,74 MB
Release : 2019-05
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781644679265
After living 250,000 years in ice age Europe, Neanderthals went extinct shortly after we arrived. Why? This engaging story, paired with many Science Corner facts, serves to answer the question. Children will discover some of their heritage--why most of us are part Neanderthal, and what may have happened to this other human species.
Author : Jeffrey Brown
Publisher : Yearling
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 41,89 MB
Release : 2018-04-10
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0525643982
From the author of the New York Times bestselling Jedi Academy books comes book two in the laugh-out-loud graphic novel series about Neanderthal siblings Lucy and Andy. Fans of the Big Nate, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, and Terrible Two series won't want to miss it! Now available in paperback! Every day is a snow day for Lucy & Andy! But life in the Ice Age isn't all fun and games. These Neanderthal siblings are back to their paleo pranks, and they have to put up with more than just each other--the cave is feeling awfully cramped since the humans moved in. It's the Ice Age, and legroom comes at a real premium! Jeffrey Brown skillfully blends humor and history with paleontologist sections: Timeline of Key Discoveries, Ice Age Fact vs. Fiction, Silly Cavemen Myths, and more. "Lucy & Andy are Stone Age rock stars! I loved this book!" --Lincoln Peirce, author of the Big Nate series "A fast, funny read." --Kirkus Reviews
