What can cave paintings tell us? How old is humanity's oldest ancestor? Did music exist in prehistoric times? How do modern scientists conduct excavations?
Within the pages of this book, you will find many facts about the daily lives of early humans, the development of writing, and the evolution of animals. This encyclopedia presents archaeological findings from all over the world that bear witness to the lives of many generations of Australopithecines, Neanderthals, Homo habilis, and Homo sapiens. You will learn how prehistoric schools were organized, what kind of jewelry the first humans made, and how the sculptures and drawings from the prehistoric period that have survived to this day were created.
This book is a guide to the world of prehistoric art! Thanks to it, you will become an expert in paleoanthropology—the science of ancient humans!
Pages: 96 (offset). Hardcover
Dimensions: 244x203x5 mm
Series: Children's History of Art