prehistoric peoples

Explores the variety of prehistoric life from fossils of early fish to the skeletons of meat-eating dinosaurs.

Uses a tabloid newspaper format to teach children about the Stone Age; includes information on the tools cavemen used, the first man to walk on two legs, the creation of the wheel, and other related topics.

Text and photographs present a description of early humans, their origins, their tools and weapons, how they hunted and foraged for food, and the role of family life, money, religion, and magic.

Oy, the local scientist shows the world his latest invention: The Wheel. Though the world is not impressed, Ugh's mind spins. Cleverly, he builds on what he's seen and in the end rides off to a new and happy life.

To fulfill his destiny, Torak must defy demons and tokoroths, navigate through the Gorge of the Hidden People, and battle the evil Eagle Owl Mage.

In two parallel stories, an intelligent female member of a prehistoric tribe becomes instrumental in advancing the lot of her people, and the daughter of a paleontologist is visiting him on a dig in Africa when important fossil remains are discovered.

Discusses the unearthing of four hominins--Turkana Boy, Lapedo Child, Kennewick Man, and Iceman--and the ways that new technology has helped archaeological specialists to refine their theories and change their view of the past.

"An . . . exploration of the Earth's underworlds as they exist in myth, literature, memory, and the land itself. From the birth of the universe to a post-human future, from the prehistoric art of Norwegian sea caves to the blue depths of the Greenland ice cap, from Bronze Age funeral chambers to the catacomb labyrinth below Paris, and from the underground fungal networks through which trees communicate to a deep-sunk 'hiding place' where nuclear waste will be stored for 100,000 years to come"--OCLC.

Most days Caveboy has a lot to do, but because today Mama is busy hunting and Papa is repainting their cave, he is so bored he might even play with Sister.