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“susan mccarter”

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  • Neolithic

    by Susan McCarter ...
    This excellent introductory textbook describes and explains the origins of modern culture– the dawn of agriculture in the Neolithic area.Written in an easy-to-read style, this lively and engaging book familiarises the reader with essential archaeological and genetic terms and concepts, explores the latest evidence from scientific analyses as varied as deep sea coring, pollen identification, ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • Heavenly Chats with Izzy and Nana

    A Day in the Park

    by Nancy Elizabeth Gainor ...
    Illustrated by Susan McCarter King ...
    As families navigate the sorrow of losing a loved one, children often have their own questions, feelings and concerns. Addressing these can be challenging. Heavenly Chats with Izzy and Nana simplifies the response with examples combining adventure, nature, and scripture. The interactive format allows the child to use imagination and discussion to grasp difficult concepts in a fun manner. This ... Read more

    $6.29 USD

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  • Unbound

    How Eight Technologies Made Us Human and Brought Our World to the Brink

    by Richard L. Currier ...
    Like Guns, Germs, and Steel, a work of breathtaking sweep and originality that reinterprets the human story.Although we usually think of technology as something unique to modern times, our ancestors began to create the first technologies millions of years ago in the form of prehistoric tools and weapons. Over time, eight key technologies gradually freed us from the limitations of our animal ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Humans Who Went Extinct:Why Neanderthals died out and we survived

    Why Neanderthals died out and we survived

    by Clive Finlayson ...
    Just 28,000 years ago, the blink of an eye in geological time, the last of Neanderthals died out in their last outpost, in caves near Gibraltar. Thanks to cartoons and folk accounts we have a distorted view of these other humans - for that is what they were. We think of them as crude and clumsy and not very bright, easily driven to extinction by the lithe, smart modern humans that came out of ... Read more

    $11.39 USD

  • The World From Beginnings To 4000 Bce

    by Ian Tattersall ...
    To be human is to be curious. And one of the things we are most curious about is how we came to be who we are--how we evolved over millions of years to become creatures capable of inquiring into our own evolution. In this lively and readable introduction, renowned anthropologist Ian Tattersall thoroughly examines both fossil and archaeological records to trace human evolution from the earliest ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Lucy's Legacy

    The Quest for Human Origins

    by Dr. Donald Johanson, Kate Wong ...
    “Lucy is a 3.2-million-year-old skeleton who has become the spokeswoman for human evolution. She is perhaps the best known and most studied fossil hominid of the twentieth century, the benchmark by which other discoveries of human ancestors are judged.”*–*From Lucy’s LegacyIn his New York Times bestseller, Lucy: The Beginnings of Humankind, renowned paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson told the ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • The Incredible Human Journey

    by Alice Roberts ...
    Alice Roberts has been travelling the world - from Ethiopian desert to Malay peninsula and from Russian steppes to Amazon basin - in order to understand the challenges that early humans faced as they tried to settle continents. On her travels she has witnessed some of the daunting and brutal challenges our ancestors had to face: mountains, deserts, oceans, changing climates, terrifying giant ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • The Neanderthals Rediscovered: How Modern Science Is Rewriting Their Story

    by Dimitra Papagianni, Michael A. Morse ...
    Series Book 0 - The Rediscovered Series
    “Even-handed, up-to-date, and clearly written. . . . If you want to navigate between the Scylla and Charybdis of Neanderthal controversies, you’ll find no better guide.” —Brian Fagan, author of Cro-MagnonIn recent years, the common perception of the Neanderthal has been transformed thanks to new discoveries and paradigm-shattering scientific innovations. It turns out that the Neanderthals’ ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • The Neanderthals Rediscovered

    by Dimitra Papagianni, Michael A. Morse ...
    Series series The Rediscovered Series
    "In the first complete chronological narrative of the species from emergence to extinction...archaeologist Dimitra Papagianni and science historian Michael Morse have shaped a gem." —NatureIn recent years, the common perception of the Neanderthals has been transformed, thanks to new discoveries and paradigm-shattering scientific innovations. It turns out that the Neanderthals’ behavior was ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Prehistory

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Chris Gosden ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Prehistory covers the period of some 4 million years before the start of written history, when our earliest ancestors, the Australopithecines, existed in Africa. But this is relatively recent compared to whole history of the earth of some 4.5 billion years. A key aspect of prehistory is that it provides a sense of scale, throwing recent ways of life into perspective. Humans and their ancestors ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Domesticated

    Evolution in a Man-Made World

    by Richard C. Francis ...
    Without domestication, civilization as we know it would not exist.Since that fateful day when the first wolf decided to stay close to human hunters, humans and their various animal companions have thrived far beyond nearly all wild species on earth. Tameness is the key trait in the domestication of cats, dogs, horses, cows, and other mammals, from rats to reindeer. Surprisingly, with selection for ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Animal Connection: A New Perspective on What Makes Us Human

    A New Perspective on What Makes Us Human

    by Pat Shipman ...
    A bold, illuminating new take on the love of animals that drove human evolution.Why do humans all over the world take in and nurture other animals? This behavior might seem maladaptive—after all, every mouthful given to another species is one that you cannot eat—but in this heartening new study, acclaimed anthropologist Pat Shipman reveals that our propensity to domesticate and care for other ... Read more

    $18.99 USD