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An accessible survey explains how archaeologists, physical anthropologists, geologists, and allied specialists reconstruct human prehistory from fossils, tools, sites, and environmental evidence, including radiocarbon dating. It outlines changing Pleistocene landscapes and climates, describes human anatomy and behavior across prehistoric populations, and traces cultural beginnings such as tool use, symbolic activity, and material remains. The narrative follows the emergence of early modern humans, the transition to food production and settled life, and the social and technological developments that gradually produce complex societies and the shift from prehistory to recorded history.

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Title: Prehistoric Men

Author: Robert J. Braidwood

Release date: July 28, 2016 [eBook #52664]
Most recently updated: October 23, 2024

Language: English

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Prehistoric Men

BY

ROBERT J. BRAIDWOOD

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, OLD WORLD PREHISTORY

PROFESSOR
ORIENTAL INSTITUTE AND DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO

Drawings by SUSAN T. RICHERT

CHICAGO NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM
POPULAR SERIES
ANTHROPOLOGY, NUMBER 37

Third Edition Issued in Co-operation with
The Oriental Institute, The University of Chicago

Edited by Lillian A. Ross

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BY CHICAGO NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM PRESS

Copyright 1948, 1951, and 1957 by Chicago Natural History Museum
First edition 1948
Second edition 1951
Third edition 1957
Fourth edition 1959