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Prehistoric Investigations: From Denisovans to Neanderthals; DNA to stable isotopes; hunter-gathers to farmers; stone knapping to metallurgy; cave art to stone circles; wolves to dogs

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Prehistoric Investigations: From Denisovans to Neanderthals; DNA to stable isotopes; hunter-gathers to farmers; stone knapping to metallurgy; cave art to stone circles; wolves to dogs

How do you infer the existence of a hitherto-unknown human species from a fragmentary finger bone? Why do we walk on two legs? Were Neanderthals really dimwitted? How did a small, solitary predator become the worldâ€™s most popular pet? What was the ancient link between languages spoken in places as far apart as Iceland and India?

These are just some of the questions faced by those seeking to unravel the secrets of the vast period of time that predates the last six thousand years of â€˜recorded historyâ€™. In addition to fieldwork and traditional methods, paleoanthropologists and archaeologists now draw upon genetics and other cutting-edge scientific techniques.

In fifty chapters, Prehistoric Investigations tells the story of the many thought-provoking discoveries that have transformed our understanding of the distant past.

Country	USA
Author	Christopher Seddon
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9780992762056
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct	0
Label	Glanville Publications
Manufacturer	Glanville Publications
NumberOfPages	273
PublicationDate	2016-02-23
Publisher	Glanville Publications
ReleaseDate	2016-02-23
Studio	Glanville Publications

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