Bonnie G. Smith, Marc Van De Mieroop, Richard von Glahn and Kris Lane
List of Maps
Studying with Maps
Features
Preface
Acknowledgments
Notes on Dates and Spelling
About the Authors
PART 1 The Ancient World, from Human Origins to 500 CE
CHAPTER 1 Peopling the World, to 4000 BCE
The Major Global Development in this
Chapter: The adaptation of early humans to their environment and their eventual domestication of plants and animals.
Backstory
Human Origins
Evolution of the Human Species
Out of Africa
Paleolithic Food Gatherers 2,000,000-9000 BCE
The Gatherer-Hunter
Economy
Life in Paleolithic Communities
The First Neolithic Farmers 9000-4000 BCE
The Origins of Agriculture
Life in Neolithic Communities
COUNTERPOINT Gatherer-Hunters by Choice: Aborigines of Australia
Understanding the History of Aborigines
A Lifestyle in Harmony with the Natural World
The Conscious Choice to Gather and Hunt
Religious Life and Social Organization
Conclusion
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Bonnie G. Smith (AB Smith College, PhD University of Rochester) is Board of Governors Distinguished Professor of History Emerita, Rutgers University.
Marc Van De Mieroop (PhD Yale University, 1983) is Professor of History at Columbia University.
Richard von Glahn (PhD
Yale University, 1983) is Professor of History at University of California, Los Angeles.
Kris Lane (PhD University of Minnesota, 1996) holds the France V. Scholes Chair in Colonial Latin American History at Tulane University in New Orleans.
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