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As soon as we ask why "we are the only animal with a near-global distribution", argues Clive Gamble, the central truth emerges: "Humans went everywhere in prehistory because humans have purpose." His book uses this perspective to reinterpret three million years of archaeology, showing how the earliest humans of the African savannah spread out to other continents, along the Old World track, and eventually colonized the world. On the way occurred "the meeting of the Ancients and the Moderns - the European Neanderthals and the Cro-Magnons - celebrated in many illustrations, motion pictures and novels". Scientific detective work can now illuminate all these issues, revealing what we are today through the study of our origins.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #195356 in Books
• Published on: 2003-02-11
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 320 pages

About the Author
Professor Clive gamble is Professor of Archaeology at the University of Southampton. he is also the official new face of Archaeology for Channel 5