man, prehistoric

Meruti, a young cave dweller, hunts with the men of his tribe and observes how weapons and tools are made. Sections of the story alternate with brief factual information on aspects of prehistoric life.

Questions and answers depict what prehistoric people were like and how they lived.

"Golden book." Presents currently accepted theories on the evolution of man and how prehistoric mammals lived and looked.

Eleven-year-old Scar Boy, one of a group of primitive cave dwellers, discovers that he has a gift for making pictures and becomes an apprentice to Painter of Caves.

Darath and his sister spend a winter on the Siberian peninsula some 30,000 years ago learning how to heal, to use the moon sticks, and to remember the stories of the memory string before their tribe begins searching for a legendary land to the east where there are no people and lots of game.

Recounts the adventures of a boy living 8,000 years ago in an Alabama cave as he goes hunting, copes with the death of his father, and tames a wolf cub.

While looking for food along the island shore, a prehistoric Irish boy finds a shipwrecked stranger whose bronze implements help save the boy's village from starvation.

Young people search for hominids on another planet similar to Earth and experience all the dangers Earth possessed in prehistoric times.

From the site of an archaeological dig in Arizona, fifteen-year-old Ben, recently orphaned, journeys to three different eras of ancient times.