Human prehistory : exploring the past to understand the future / Deborah Barsky, The Catalan Institute of Human Paleoecology and Social Evolution.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barsky, Deborah, 1962- author.

Contributor:

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Antiquities, Prehistoric.

Prehistoric peoples.

Archaeology.

archaeology.

Physical Description:

xiv, 243 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 26 cm

Edition:

First Edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2023.

Summary:

"More than 3 million years ago in Africa, our early ancestors began to systematically modify rocks into useable tools, thus inventing the first technologies that eventually permitted humans to dominate all life forms on the planet. In this book, Deborah Barsky offers a long-term evolutionary perspective on human culture and its relationship with technology. Using scientific information and examples from the global archaeological record, she follows the remarkable human journey from the early phases of prehistory and shows how it has led humans to a dangerously uncertain future. Her archaeological approach enables a fresh perspective regarding important issues that plague contemporary society, such as racism, the digital revolution, human migrations, terrorism, and war. Written in an accessible style, Barsky's book demonstrates how insights into the distant past serve as a tool for understanding the present and building a sustainable future for all life on planet Earth"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

A brief introduction to prehistoric archaeology

Prehistory : a multidisciplinary science

Becoming human

The emergence of lower Paleolithic cultures

The ascent of Paleolithic cultures

Conquest : the final phases of the Stone Age

The new world order following the Paleolithic

Communication networking at the end of the prehistoric era

Global warming : natural climatic trend or humanly induced phenomenon?

Technology and human alienation from nature

Who are we? : Ancient and modern human migrations

On religion, war and terrorism in the globalized world

The role of prehistory in understanding the modern human condition.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Barsky, Deborah, 1962- Human prehistory

ISBN:

9781316515426

1316515427

9781009011990

1009011995

OCLC:

1269507614

Publisher Number:

99993694925