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Human Origins: A Short History
Humans are the dominant species on the planet. But how did we get here? Human Origins takes the reader on a fascinating 7-million-year journey from our earliest primordial ape-like roots...
Human Origins: 7 million years and counting
Where did we come from? Where are we going?Homo sapiens is the most successful, the most widespread and the most influential species ever to walk the Earth. In the blink...
The Language Puzzle: How We Talked Our Way Out of the Stone Age
'Wonderful ... A remarkably comprehensive biography of the single most important thing we all share - language' Robin DunbarThe relationship between language, thought and culture is of concern to anyone...
The Fall of Carthage: The Punic Wars 265-146BC
The struggle between Rome and Carthage in the Punic Wars was arguably the greatest and most desperate conflict of Antiquity. The forces involved and the casualties suffered by both sides...
The Dinosaurs Rediscovered: How a Scientific Revolution is Rewriting History
Author: Michael J. BentonFormat: Hardback, 153mm x 234mm, 820g, 336 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2019'If you want to know how we know what we know about dinosaurs,...
The Tale of the Axe: How the Neolithic Revolution Transformed Britain
Author: David MilesFormat: Paperback, 129mm x 198mm, 400g, 448 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2021Focusing on the British Isles, the author explores a period of huge societal change...