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1491: New Revelations Of The Americas Before Columbusby Charles C. MannISBN 1400032059 (1-4000-3205-9)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: '1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus'Book summary:A groundbreaking study that radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans in 1492.
Traditionally, Americans learned in school that the ancestors of the people who inhabited the Western Hemisphere at the time of Columbus's landing had crossed the Bering Strait twelve thousand years ago; existed mainly in small, nomadic bands; and lived so lightly on the land that the Americas was, for all practical purposes, still a vast wilderness. But as Charles C. Mann now makes clear, archaeologists and anthropologists have spent the last thirty years proving these and many other long-held assumptions wrong.
In a book that startles and persuades, Mann reveals how a new generation of researchers equipped with novel scientific techniques came to previously unheard-of conclusions. Among them:
? In 1491 there were probably more people living in the Americas than in Europe.
? Certain cities-such as Tenochtitlán, the Aztec capital-were far greater in population than any contemporary European city. Furthermore, Tenochtitlán, unlike any capital in Europe at that time, had running water, beautiful botanical gardens, and immaculately clean streets.
? The earliest cities in the Western Hemisphere were thriving before the Egyptians built the great pyramids.
? Pre-Columbian Indians in Mexico developed corn by a breeding process so sophisticated that the journal Science recently described it as "man's first, and perhaps the greatest, feat of genetic engineering."
? Amazonian Indians learned how to farm the rain forest without destroying it-a process scientists are studying today in the hope of regaining this lost knowledge.
? Native Americans transformed their land so completely that Europeans arrived in a hemisphere already massively "landscaped" by human beings. [via]More editions of 1491: New Revelations Of The Americas Before Columbus:
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After the Ice: A Global Human History, 20,000-5000 BCby Steven MithenISBN 0674019997 (0-674-01999-7)
Softcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'After the Ice: A Global Human History, 20,000-5000 BC'Book summary:20,000 B.C., the peak of the last ice age--the atmosphere is heavy with dust, deserts, and glaciers span vast regions, and people, if they survive at all, exist in small, mobile groups, facing the threat of extinction.
But these people live on the brink of seismic change--10,000 years of climate shifts culminating in abrupt global warming that will usher in a fundamentally changed human world. After the Ice is the story of this momentous period--one in which a seemingly minor alteration in temperature could presage anything from the spread of lush woodland to the coming of apocalyptic floods--and one in which we find the origins of civilization itself.
Drawing on the latest research in archaeology, human genetics, and environmental science, After the Ice takes the reader on a sweeping tour of 15,000 years of human history. Steven Mithen brings this world to life through the eyes of an imaginary modern traveler--John Lubbock, namesake of the great Victorian polymath and author of Prehistoric Times. With Lubbock, readers visit and observe communities and landscapes, experiencing prehistoric life--from aboriginal hunting parties in Tasmania, to the corralling of wild sheep in the central Sahara, to the efforts of the Guila Naquitz people in Oaxaca to combat drought with agricultural innovations.
Part history, part science, part time travel, After the Ice offers an evocative and uniquely compelling portrayal of diverse cultures, lives, and landscapes that laid the foundations of the modern world.
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Ayla Und Das Tal Der Peerdeby Jean AuelISBN 3453215222 (3-453-21522-2)
Softcover, Distribooks Inc
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. Aylas Geschichte geht weiter. Sie trifft Jondalar, einen Mann aus dem Volk der , und aus anfänglicher Abneigung entsteht Freundschaft und eine tiefe Liebe. Zusammen begeben sich die beiden auf eine lange und gefährliche Reise durch das spätere Europa. [via] More editions of Ayla Und Das Tal Der Peerde:
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Ayla Und Der Clan Des Barenby Jean AuelISBN 3453215257 (3-453-21525-7)
Softcover, Distribooks Inc
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Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestorsby Nicholas WadeISBN 1594200793 (1-59420-079-3)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors'Book summary:Nicholas Wades articles are a major reason why the science section has become the most popular, nationwide, in the New York Times. In his groundbreaking Before the Dawn, Wade reveals humanitys origins as never beforea journey made possible only recently by genetic science, whose incredible findings have answered such questions as: What was the first human language like? How large were the first societies, and how warlike were they? When did our ancestors first leave Africa, and by what route did they leave? By eloquently solving these and numerous other mysteries, Wade offers nothing less than a uniquely complete retelling of a story that began 500 centuries ago.[via]More editions of Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors:
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The Bog People: Iron-Age Man Preservedby P.V. Glob, Elizabeth Wayland Barber, Paul T. BarberISBN 1590170903 (1-59017-090-3)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Bog People: Iron-Age Man Preserved'Book summary:One spring morning two men cutting peat in a Danish bog uncovered a well-preserved body of a man with a noose around his neck. Thinking they had stumbled upon a murder victim, they reported their discovery to the police, who were baffled until they consulted the famous archaeologist P.V. Glob. Glob identified the body as that of a two-thousand-year-old man, ritually murdered and thrown in the bog as a sacrifice to the goddess of fertility.
Written in the guise of a scientific detective story, this classic of archaeological history--a best-seller when it was published in England but out of print for many years--is a thoroughly engrossing and still reliable account of the religion, culture, and daily life of the European Iron Age.
Includes 76 black-and-white photographs. [via]More editions of The Bog People: Iron-Age Man Preserved:
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Cave of Altamiraby Antonio Beltran, Pedro A. Saura RamosISBN 0810919893 (0-8109-1989-3)
Hardcover, Abrams , Incorporated, Harry N.
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cave of Altamira'Book summary:Presents a fresh look at the cave at Altamira in light of the many exciting discoveries made in the field of Paleolithic archaeology in recent years. Seven essays examine a number of theories about cave art and bring together what is known about the people who occupied and created the art at Altamira. Since the cave has been closed to visitors for many years, and visits to it in the future will be greatly restricted, distinguished photographer Saura's fascinating color and b&w images provide a unique chance to see the art in detail both in large views and at close range. [via]
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The Clan of the Cave Bearby Jean M. AuelISBN 0553250426 (0-553-25042-6)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Clan of the Cave Bear'Book summary:When her parents are killed by an earthquake, 5-year-old Ayla wanders through the forest completely alone. Cold, hungry, and badly injured by a cave lion, the little girl is as good as gone until she is discovered by a group who call themselves the Clan of the Cave Bear. This clan, left homeless by the same disaster, have little interest in the helpless girl who comes from the tribe they refer to as the "Others." Only their medicine woman sees in Ayla a fellow human, worthy of care. She painstakingly nurses her back to health--a decision that will forever alter the physical and emotional structure of the clan. Although this story takes place roughly 35,000 years ago, its cast of characters could easily slide into any modern tale. The members of the Neanderthal clan, ruled by traditions and taboos, find themselves challenged by this outsider, who represents the physically modern Cro-Magnons. And as Ayla begins to grow and mature, her natural tendencies emerge, putting her in the middle of a brutal and dangerous power struggle.
Although Jean Auel obviously takes certain liberties with the actions and motivations of all our ancestors, her extensive research into the Ice Age does shine through--especially in the detailed knowledge of plants and natural remedies used by the medicine woman and passed down to Ayla. Mostly, though, this first in the series of four is a wonderful story of survival. Ayla's personal evolution is a compelling and relevant tale. --Sara Nickerson [via]
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The Gift of Stonesby Jim CraceISBN 0880014504 (0-88001-450-4)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Goddesses and Gods of Old Europe, 6500-3500 B.C.: Myths, and Cult Imagesby Marija GimbutasISBN 0500272387 (0-500-27238-7)
Hardcover, Thames and Hudson
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Goddesses and Gods of Old Europe, 7000 to 3500 B. C.: Myths, Legends, and Cult Imagesby Marija GimbutasISBN 0520046552 (0-520-04655-2)
Softcover, University of California Press
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Guns, Germs & Steel: The Fates of Human Societiesby Jared DiamondISBN 0393317552 (0-393-31755-2)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Guns, Germs & Steel: The Fates of Human Societies'Book summary:With a new chapter. The phenomenal bestseller; over 1.5 million copies sold; is now a major PBS special.Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Guns, Germs, and Steel is a brilliant work answering the question of why the peoples of certain continents succeeded in invading other continents and conquering or displacing their peoples. This edition includes a new chapter on Japan and all-new illustrations drawn from the television series. Until around 11,000 BC, all peoples were still Stone Age hunter/gatherers. At that point, a great divide occurred in the rates that human societies evolved. In Eurasia, parts of the Americas, and Africa, farming became the prevailing mode of existence when indigenous wild plants and animals were domesticated by prehistoric planters and herders. As Jared Diamond vividly reveals, the very people who gained a head start in producing food would collide with preliterate cultures, shaping the modern world through conquest, displacement, and genocide.The paths that lead from scattered centers of food to broad bands of settlement had a great deal to do with climate and geography. But how did differences in societies arise? Why weren't native Australians, Americans, or Africans the ones to colonize Europe? Diamond dismantles pernicious racial theories tracing societal differences to biological differences. He assembles convincing evidence linking germs to domestication of animals, germs that Eurasians then spread in epidemic proportions in their voyages of discovery. In its sweep, Guns, Germs and Steel encompasses the rise of agriculture, technology, writing, government, and religion, providing a unifying theory of human history as intriguing as the histories of dinosaurs and glaciers. 32 illustrations [via]
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Guns, Germs, and Steel Reader's Companionby Jared DiamondISBN 1586638637 (1-58663-863-7)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Guns, Germs, and Steel Reader's Companion'Book summary:Scholar and professor Jared Diamond made a huge splash with this fascinating but controversial book, which argues that geography and environment have almost singlehandedly determined the course of human history. Dig deeper into his contentions with the information inside this invaluable reader's handbook:- Why did Europe colonize Africa and Asia rather than the other way around?
- Why is geography the most important factor in human history?
- How has the rest of the scientific community received Diamond's theory?
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In Search of the Indo-Europeans: Language, Archaeology, and Mythby J. P. MalloryISBN 0500276161 (0-500-27616-1)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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The Inheritorsby William GoldingISBN 0571225470 (0-571-22547-0)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Inheritors'Book summary:From the author of Lord of the Flies, The Inheritors is a startling recreation of the lost world of the Neanderthals, and a frightening vision of the beginnings of a new age. [via]
LA Vallee Des Cheveauxby Jean AuelISBN 2266122134 (2-266-12213-4)
Softcover, Presse Pocket
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The Language of the Goddessby Marija Gimbutas, Joseph CampbellISBN 0500282498 (0-500-28249-8)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Language of the Goddess'Book summary:"The first authoritative work on the ancient goddess culture."Boston Globe
The Goddess is the most potent and persistent feature in the archaeological records of the ancient world, a symbol of the unity of life in nature and the personification of all that was sacred and mysterious on earth.
In this pioneering and provocative volume, Marija Gimbutas resurrects the world of the Goddess-worshipping, earth-centered cultures, bringing ancient matriarchal society vividly to life. She interweaves comparative mythology, early historical sources, linguistics, ethnography, and folklore to demonstrate conclusively that Goddess-worship is at the root of Western civilization. Illustrated with nearly 2,000 symbolic artifacts, Gimbutas' magnum opus is at once a "pictorial script" of the prehistoric Goddess religion and an authoritative work that takes these ancient cultures from the realm of speculation into that of documented fact. Over 500 illustrations. [via]More editions of The Language of the Goddess:
Las Llanuras Del Transitoby Jean M. AuelISBN 9706516271 (970-651-627-1)
Hardcover, Oceano De Mexico
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Los Cazadores De Mamutsby Jean M. Auel, Edith ZilliISBN 0743236041 (0-7432-3604-1)
Softcover, Fireside
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Los Cazadores De Mamuts'Book summary:Dotada de gran habilidad narrativa y haciendo gala de la misma vÍvida autenticidad que plasmó en El clan del oso cavernario y su continuación, El valle de los caballos, Jean M. Auel sigue el imponente y épico viaje de la mujer llamada Ayla. Acompañada de Jondalar, el hombre al que ama, cabalgando sobre Relinchona, su yegua, y seguidos por el potro de ésta, Ayla se aventura en la tierra de los Mamutoi: los cazadores de mamuts. Por fin ha encontrado a los Otros, a quienes ha estado buscando. Los Otros la adoptan debido a su notable habilidad para la medicina y la caza y su extraordinaria técnica para encender el fuego. Luego de traer al cachorrito de un lobo al que ha matado, Ayla también les enseña la forma en que domestica animales. Hace amigas, tiene dolorosos recuerdos del Clan que abandonó y conoce a Ranec, un moreno y magnético hombre, experto en la talla del marfil, y al cual ella no puede rechazar; esto provoca en Jondalar unos celos feroces; pero él la evita para tratar de controlarlos. Poco familiarizada con las costumbres de los Otros, Ayla se equivoca, piensa que Jondalar ya no la ama y se acerca cada vez más a Ranec. La tensión aumenta a lo largo del helado invierno, pero las temperaturas más cálidas traen la caza de los grandes mamuts y los rituales de parejas en el Encuentro del Verano, en donde Ayla debe escoger entre quedarse junto a Ranec y los Mamutoi, o seguir a Jondalar en un largo viaje hacia un futuro desconocido. [via]
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Los Refugios De Piedraby Jean M. AuelISBN 9706516212 (970-651-621-2)
Softcover, Oceano De Mexico
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Los Refugios De Piedra'Book summary:From the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo to the 1960s, Mexican American Catholics experienced racism and discrimination within the U.S. Catholic church, as white priests and bishops maintained a racial divide in all areas of the church's ministry. To oppose this religious apartheid and challenge the church to minister fairly to all of its faithful, a group of Chicano priests formed PADRES (Padres Asociados para Derechos Religiosos, Educativos y Sociales, or Priests Associated for Religious, Educational, and Social Rights) in 1969. Over the next twenty years, PADRES became a powerful force for change within the Catholic church and for social justice within American society. This book offers the first history of the founding, activism, victories, and defeats of PADRES. At the heart of the book are oral history interviews with the founders of PADRES, who describe how their ministries in poor Mexican American parishes, as well as their own experiences of racism and discrimination within and outside the church, galvanized them into starting and sustaining the movement. Richard Martinez traces the ways in which PADRES was inspired by the Chicano movement and other civil rights struggles of the 1960s and also probes its linkages with liberation theology in Latin America. He uses a combination of social movement theory and organizational theory to explain how the group emerged, flourished, and eventually disbanded in 1989.... RICHARD EDWARD MARTINEZ is an independent scholar who lives and works in San Antonio, Texas. He holds a Ph.D. in urban planning from UCLA. [via]
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The Lost Civilization of the Stone Ageby Richard RudgleyISBN 0684862700 (0-684-86270-0)
Softcover, Free Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Lost Civilization of the Stone Age'Book summary:Among historians, one of the most widely accepted criteria for a society's being "civilized" is whether it has a writing system, one that permits complex record keeping and allows for an account of the past. By that measure, writes British museologist Richard Rudgley, many societies of the most ancient Stone Age are to be reckoned as civilizations, for new archaeological evidence suggests that the Neolithic writing systems of cultures like Mesopotamia and the Nile valley have their roots in even older systems, some dating back to the time of the Neanderthals. (Just what those writing systems say remains a matter of debate, and Rudgley acknowledges that "if a script cannot be deciphered, then it will always be possible to dismiss it.") Prehistoric sign systems aside, Rudgley urges that the chronology of human cultural evolution be pushed back well into the Paleolithic; "the most fundamental cultural innovations," he suggests, "actually occurred far earlier in the overall sequence [of human development] than is generally realized." He maintains, for instance, that fired pottery, another characteristic of civilized societies, existed among Siberian nomads some 13,000 years ago, and that a knowledge of metallurgy existed in Egypt 35,000 years ago. Any call for a revision in widely accepted chronologies is, of course, sure to be controversial among prehistorians, and Rudgley's book, well reasoned as it is, will provoke debate. --Gregory McNamee [via]
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The Mammoth Huntersby Jean M. AuelISBN 0553280945 (0-553-28094-5)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Mammoth Hunters'Book summary:Once again Jean M. Auel opens the door of a time long past to reveal an age of wonder and danger at the dawn of the modern human race. With all the consummate storytelling artistry and vivid authenticity she brought to The Clan of the Cave Bear and its sequel, The Valley of Horses, Jean M. Auel continues the breathtaking epic journey of the woman called Ayla.
Riding Whinney with Jondalar, the man she loves, and followed by the mares colt, Ayla ventures into the land of the Mamutoi--the Mammoth Hunters. She has finally found the Others she has been seeking. Though Ayla must learn their different customs and language, she is adopted because of her remarkable hunting ability, singular healing skills, and uncanny fire-making technique. Bringing back the single pup of a lone wolf she has killed, Ayla shows the way she tames animals. She finds women friends and painful memories of the Clan she left behind, and meets Ranec, the dark-skinned, magnetic master carver of ivory, whom she cannot refuse--inciting Jondalar to a fierce jealousy that he tries to control by avoiding her. Unfamiliar with the ways of the Others, Ayla misunderstands, and thinking Jondalar no longer loves her, she turns more to Ranec. Throughout the icy winter the tension mounts, but warming weather will bring the great mammoth hunt and the mating rituals of the Summer Meeting, when Ayla must choose to remain with Ranec and the Mamutoi, or to follow Jondalar on a long journey into an unknown future. [via]More editions of The Mammoth Hunters:
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Mapping Human History: Discovering the Past Through Our Genesby Steve OlsonISBN 0618352104 (0-618-35210-4)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mapping Human History: Discovering the Past Through Our Genes'Book summary:In this sweeping narrative of the past 150,000 years of human history, Steve Olson draws on new understandings in genetics to reveal how the people of the world came to be.[via]
Traveling across four continents, Olson describes the African origins of modern humans and the migration of our ancestors throughout the world. He offers a genealogy of all of humanity, explaining, for instance, why everyone can claim Julius Caesar and Confucius as their forebears and how the history of the Jewish people jibes with, and diverges from, biblical accounts. He shows how groups of people differ and yet are the same, exploding the myth that human races are a biological reality while demonstrating how the accidents of history have resulted in the rich diversity of people today.
Celebrating both our commonality and our variety, MAPPING HUMAN HISTORY is a masterful synthesis of the human past and present that will forever change how we think about ourselves and our relations with others.More editions of Mapping Human History: Discovering the Past Through Our Genes:
Patterns in Prehistory: Humankind's First Three Million Yearsby Robert J. Wenke, Deborah I. OlszewskiISBN 019516928X (0-19-516928-X)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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People of the Earth: An Introduction to World Prehistoryby Brian M. FaganISBN 0673521672 (0-673-52167-2)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley
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Plains of Passageby Jean M. AuelISBN 1560549858 (1-56054-985-8)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
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Plains of Passage Displayby Jean M. AuelISBN 0517580624 (0-517-58062-4)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Prehistoric Britainby Timothy DarvillISBN 041515135X (0-415-15135-X)
Softcover, Routledge
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Prehistoric Britain from the Air: A Study of Space, Time and Societyby T. C. DarvillISBN 0521551323 (0-521-55132-3)
Hardcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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The Seven Daughters of Eveby Bryan SykesISBN 1417625929 (1-4176-2592-9)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Seven Daughters of Eve'Book summary:The national bestseller that reveals how we are descended from seven prehistoric women.
One of the most dramatic stories of genetic discovery since James Watson's The Double Helix, The Seven Daughters of Eve reveals the remarkable story behind a groundbreaking scientific discovery. After being summoned in 1997 to an archaeological site to examine the remains of a five-thousand-year-old man, Bryan Sykes ultimately was able to prove not only that the man was a European but also that he has living relatives in England today. In this lucid, absorbing account, Sykes reveals how the identification of a particular strand of DNA that passes unbroken through the maternal line allows scientists to trace our genetic makeup all the way back to prehistoric times, to seven primeval women, the Seven Daughters of Eve. illustrated and includes a map [via]More editions of The Seven Daughters of Eve:
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The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestryby Bryan SykesISBN 0393020185 (0-393-02018-5)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry'Book summary:The Seven Daughters of Eve is a thrilling work of science that reveals how biological research can enrich our tangled lives. It is a book that chronicles many of the most exciting developments in genetics over the past decade by a man who is not only a brilliant scientist but also a gifted and thoroughly engaging writer. It ultimately demonstrates how much more we still have to discover about the absorbing story of human evolution.
One of the most dramatic stories of genetic discovery since James Watson's The Double Helixa work whose scientific and cultural reverberations will be discussed for years to come. In 1994 Professor Bryan Sykes, a leading world authority on DNA and human evolution, was called in to examine the frozen remains of a man trapped in glacial ice in northern Italy. News of both the Ice Man's discovery and his age, which was put at over five thousand years, fascinated scientists and newspapers throughout the world. But what made Sykes's story particularly revelatory was his successful identification of a genetic descendant of the Ice Man, a woman living in Great Britain today. How was Sykes able to locate a living relative of a man who died thousands of years ago? In The Seven Daughters of Eve, he gives us a firsthand account of his research into a remarkable gene, which passes undiluted from generation to generation through the maternal line. After plotting thousands of DNA sequences from all over the world, Sykes found that they clustered around a handful of distinct groups. Among Europeans and North American Caucasians, there are, in fact, only seven. This conclusion was staggering: almost everyone of native European descent, wherever they may live throughout the world, can trace their ancestry back to one of seven women, the Seven Daughters of Eve. Naming them Ursula, Xenia, Helena, Velda, Tara, Katrine, and Jasmine, Sykes has created portraits of their disparate worlds by mapping the migratory patterns followed by millions of their ancestors. In reading the stories of these seven women, we learn exactly how our origins can be traced, how and where our ancient genetic ancestors lived, and how we are each living proof of the almost indestructible strands of DNA, which have survived over so many thousands of years. Indeed, The Seven Daughters of Eve is filled with dramatic stories: from Sykes's identification, using DNA samples from two living relatives, of the remains of Tsar Nicholas and Tsaress Alexandra, to the Caribbean woman whose family had been sold into slavery centuries before and whose ancestry Sykes was able to trace back to the Eastern coast of central Africa. Ultimately, Sykes's investigation reveals that, as a race, what humans have in common is more deeply embedded than what separates us.
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Shelters of Stoneby Jean M. AuelISBN 055328942X (0-553-28942-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Shelters of Stone'Book summary:Jean Auel's fifth novel about Ayla, the Cro-Magnon cavewoman raised by Neanderthals, is the biggest comeback bestseller in Amazon.com history. In The Shelters of Stone, Ayla meets the Zelandonii tribe of Jondalar, the Cro-Magnon hunk she rescued from Baby, her pet lion. Ayla is pregnant. How will Jondalar's mom react? Or his bitchy jilted fiancée? Ayla wows her future in-laws by striking fire from flint and taming a wild wolf. But most regard her Neanderthal adoptive Clan as subhuman "flatheads." Clan larynxes can't quite manage language, and Ayla must convince the Zelandonii that Clan sign language isn't just arm-flapping. Zelandonii and Clan are skirmishing, and those who interbreed are deemed "abominations." What would Jondalar's tribe think if they knew Ayla had to abandon her half-breed son in Clan country? The plot is slow to unfold, because Auel's first goal is to pack the tale with period Pleistocene detail, provocative speculation, and bits of romance, sex, tribal politics, soap opera, and homicidal wooly rhino-hunting adventure. It's an enveloping fact-based fantasy, a genre-crossing time trip to the Ice Age. --Tim Appelo [via]
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Valley of Horsesby Jean M. AuelISBN 0553250531 (0-553-25053-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Valley of Horses'Book summary:This unforgettable odyssey into the distant past carries us back to the awesome mysteries of the exotic, primeval world of The Clan of the Cave Bear, and to Ayla, now grown into a beautiful and courageous young woman.
Cruelly cast out by the new leader of the ancient Clan that adopted her as a child, Ayla leaves those she loves behind and travels alone through a stark, open land filled with dangerous animals but few people, searching for the Others, tall and fair like herself. The short summer gives her little time to look, and when she finds a sheltered valley with a herd of hardy steppe horses, she decides to stay and prepare for the long glacial winter ahead. Living with the Clan has taught Ayla many skills but not real hunting. She finally knows she can survive when she traps a horse, which gives her meat and a warm pelt for the winter, but fate has bestowed a greater gift, an orphaned foal with whom she develops a unique kinship. One winter extends to more; she discovers a way to make fire more quickly and a wounded cave lion cub joins her unusual family, but her beloved animals dont fulfill her restless need for human companionship. Then she hears the sound of a man screaming in pain. She saves tall, handsome Jondalar, who brings her a language to speak and an awakening of love and desire, but Ayla is torn between her fear of leaving her valley and her hope of living with her own kind. [via]More editions of Valley of Horses:
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Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Timesby Elizabeth Wayland BarberISBN 0393313484 (0-393-31348-4)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times'Book summary:2500 years ago, the women of Athens slaved at home, virtual prisoners of their husbands, expected to provide the cloth and clothing for their family. 4000 years ago in ancient Mesopotamia, there was a very different picture: respectable women were in business, weaving textiles at home to be sold abroad for gold and silver. Going back even further, 20,000 years ago women began making and wearing the first clothing created from spun fibres. Indeed, for over 20,000 years, until the Industrial Revolution, the arts of weaving belonged primarily to women and were the principal vehicle for demonstrating their various roles as mother, provider, worker, entrepreneur and artist. [via]
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World Prehistory: A Brief Introductionby Brian M. FaganISBN 0130404632 (0-13-040463-2)
Softcover, Prentice Hall
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› Find signed collectible books: 'World Prehistory: A Brief Introduction'Book summary:Written by one of the leading archaeological writers in the world-in a simple, jargon-free narrative style-this brief, well-illustrated account of the major developments in the human past (from the origins of humanity to the origins of literate civilization) makes world prehistory uniquely accessible to complete beginners. Up-to-date and state-of-the-art in content and perspective, it covers the entire world (not just the Americas or Europe), placing major emphasis on both theories and the latest archaeological and multidisciplinary approaches. The main focus is on four major developments-the origins of humanity; the appearance and spread of modern humans before and during the late Ice Age, including the first settlement of the Americas; the beginnings of food production; and the rise of the first civilizations. For individuals who want to get acquainted with anthropology. [via]
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Armas, germenes y acero/ Guns, Germs and Steelby Jared DiamondISBN 848306667X (84-8306-667-X)
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El Clan Del Oso Cavernarioby Jean M. AuelISBN 0743233581 (0-7432-3358-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'El Clan Del Oso Cavernario'Book summary:Esta novela de gran vigor y asombrosa belleza es una conmovedora saga acerca de los seres humanos, sus relaciones y los límites del amor. A través de la magnifica narrativa de Jean M. Auel, regresamos a los albores de la civilización moderna, y en compañía de una nina Ilamada Ayla, penetramos en la cruda y a la vez hermosa Edad de Hielo y en el mundo que los hombres y mujeres de esa época compartieron con quienes se Ilamaban a si mismos, el Clan del oso cavernario. Un desastre natural deja a la niña errando sola por una tierra desconocida y peligrosa, hasta que la encuentra una mujer que pertenece al Clan, un grupo de gente muy distinta de la suya. A medida que Ayla aprende acerca del modo de vida del Clan y sobre los métodos curativos de Iza, la mayoría acaba por aceptarla y hasta Iza y Creb, el viejo Mog-ur, llegan a quererla. Es el brutal y orgulloso joven, destinado a ser su próximo líder, quien percibe en su manera de ser diferente, una amenaza en contra de su autoridad. Entonces, desarrolla hacia la extraña chica que vive entre ellos y que pertenece a los Otros, un odio constante y profundo, y está decidido a vengarse. [via]
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Las Llanuras Del Transitoby Jean M. Auel, Anibal LealISBN 074323605X (0-7432-3605-X)
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La cautivadora serie Los Hijos de la Tierra de Jean M. Auel se ha convertido en un fenómeno literario, adorado por lectores de todo el mundo. En una brillante novela tan auténtica y entretenida como las anteriores, Auel nos lleva de nuevo a los primeros días de la humanidad y a las cautivadoras aventuras de la valiente mujer llamada Ayla. Con su compañero, Jondalar, Ayla emprende su más peligroso y osado viaje: hacia lo nunca visito, lejos de las cálidas hogueras de aquellos cazadores de mamuts que le dieron la bienvenida. Esta nueva odisea los lleva a través de un hermoso pero poco poblado y traicionero continente de praderas azotadas por el viento, en la Europa de la Edad del Hielo, hasta situarlos entre desconocidos. Algunos se sentirán fascinados por Ayla y Jondalar, poseedores de numerosas e innovadoras habilidades, entre las que se cuentan la doma de caballos salvajes y de un lobo; otros los evitarán al sentirse amenazados por lo que no pueden comprender; y aun otros los amenazarán. Pero sus profundas ansias personales impulsan a Ayla, sin memoria de su propia gente, y a Jondalar, ansioso de volver a los suyos, a seguir el trayecto a través del centro mismo de un mundo espectacular y desconocido, para encontrar un lugar al que ambos puedan llamar hogar. [via]More editions of Las Llanuras Del Transito:
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Los Refugios De Piedraby Jean M. AuelISBN 0743233573 (0-7432-3357-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Los Refugios De Piedra'Book summary:UNA DE LAS SAGAS MáS POPULARES DE NUESTRA ÉPOCA
Los Refugios de Piedra comienza cuando Ayla y Jondalar terminan su épico viaje a través de Europa en compañía de sus amigos, los animales Lobo, Relinchona y Corredor, y son bienvenidos por los zelandones, la gente del pueblo de Jondalar. Ayla se siente fascinada por la gente de la Novena Cueva de los zelandones. Y en Zelandoni, la líder espiritual de la Novena Cueva, y quien inició a Jondalar en el Regalo del Placer, descubre a una compañera con poderes curativos con quien compartir sus conocimientos y habilidades.
Pero en tanto que Ayla y Jondalar se preparan para convertirse formalmente en pareja durante los Encuentros de Verano, se presentan dificultades. No todos los zelandones los reciben con agrado. Algunos temen la influencia de Ayla y detestan su relación con aquellos a quienes llaman cabezas chatas, y ella llama los del Clan. Algunos hasta se oponen a que forme pareja con Jondalar y hacen evidente su disgusto. Ayla tiene que recurrir a todas sus habilidades, inteligencia, conocimientos e instintos para poder hallar el camino en esta complicada sociedad, prepararse para el nacimiento de su hijo, y decidir si está dispuesta a aceptar nuevos desafíos y desempeñar un papel significativo en el destino de los zelandones. [via]
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El Valle De Los Caballosby Jean M. Auel, Leonor Tejada Conde-PelayoISBN 0743236033 (0-7432-3603-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'El Valle De Los Caballos'Book summary:Esta inolvidable odisea hacia un pasado lejano nos conduce de nuevo a los asombrosos misterios del mundo exótico y primitivo de El clan del oso cavernario, y a Ayla, convertida ahora en una hermosa y valiente jovencita. Cruelmente expulsada por el nuevo lÍder del antiguo Clan que la adoptó cuando era niña, Ayla deja atrás a sus seres queridos y viaja sola a través de un paisaje abierto y desolado, lleno de animales peligrosos y poco poblado, en busca de los Otros, que son altos y rubios como ella. El breve verano le proporciona escaso tiempo para buscarlos, y cuando encuentra un abrigado valle habitado por una manada de robustos caballos esteparios, decide permanecer allÍ y prepararse para el largo invierno glacial que tiene por delante. Con el Clan, Ayla ha aprendido mucho pero no realmente a cazar. Al final se da cuenta de que puede sobrevivir cuando captura un caballo, el cual le da carne y una piel caliente para el invierno, pero el destino le ha deparado un regalo aún mayor: una potranca huérfana con la que desarrolla una afinidad especial. Un invierno se convierte en varios; Ayla descubre una manera más rápida de hacer fuego, y un cachorro de puma herido se une a su peculiar familia; pero sus queridos animales no satisfacen su inquietante necesidad de tener compañÍa humana. Entonces oye el grito de dolor de un hombre. Le salva la vida al alto y apuesto Jondalar, quien le trae un lenguaje hablado y el despertar del amor y el deseo, pero Ayla está dividida entre el temor de abandonar su valle y la esperanza de vivir junto a su propia gente. [via]
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Ayla Und Das Tal Der Grossen Mutterby Jean AuelISBN 3453056884 (3-453-05688-4)
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Ayla Und Der Clan Des Barenby Jean AuelISBN 3453023366 (3-453-02336-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ayla Und Der Clan Des Baren'Book summary:[Jean M. Auel: Ayla und der Clan des Bären Taschenbuch (Akzeptabel) Heyne 1992 14. Auflage] [via]
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Ayla Und Der Stein Des Feuersby Jean AuelISBN 3453213998 (3-453-21399-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ayla Und Der Stein Des Feuers'Book summary:Zwölf Jahre dauerte die schöpferische Pause der unbestrittenen Königin des prähistorischen Romans -- doch jetzt können alle Fans aufatmen: Der fünfte Band aus der Reihe der Ayla-Romane ist endlich erschienen. Nahtlos setzt Auel die Geschichte von Ayla und das Tal der Großen Mutter fort und erzählt, wie die Steinzeit-Heldin am Ende ihrer langen Reise quer durch Europa in der Heimat ihres Gefährten Jondalar aufgenommen wird.
Ayla ist eine Angehörige der Cro-Magnon-Menschen, die dem heutigen Homo sapiens schon sehr ähnlich waren, aber die Welt vor 30.000 Jahren noch mit den Neandertalern teilten. In Ayla und der Clan des Bären wurde die fünfjährige Ayla durch einen Erdrutsch zur Waise und vorbeiziehende Neandertaler nahmen das fremdartige Kind auf. Dieser erste Band bezieht einen Großteil seiner Faszination aus der Konfrontation zweier sehr unterschiedlicher, menschlicher Spezies. Ebenso faszinierend ist der beeindruckend recherchierte Detailreichtum, mit der Auel das prähistorische Europa für ihre Leser zum Leben erweckt.
Dem fünften Band kann man dasselbe vorwerfen wie auch schon früheren Bänden: Allzu verliebt ist die Autorin in ihre Heldin, die sich nach ihrer schweren Kindheit jetzt der verzückten Bewunderung ihrer Freunde allzeit sicher sein kann. Darüber hinaus verliert sich Auel oft in detaillierten Beschreibungen und Wiederholungen und vernachlässigt dabei die eigentliche Handlung. Doch ungebrochen ist die Faszination, die Auels Reise in die Urzeit auf uns ausübt: Ayla steht für den Einfallsreichtum und Überlebenswillen unserer Vorfahren, für den Anbeginn der menschlichen Zivilisation.
Nicht zuletzt werden Auels Romane auch als Liebegeschichte geschätzt, die nicht mit Einzelheiten aus dem Intimleben ihrer Titelheldin geizt. Und nach vielen scharfsinnigen Überlegungen der Steinzeit-Medizinerin, wo denn eigentlich die Babies herkommen, können sich alle Fans auf ein ganz besonderes Highlight im fünften Band freuen. --Birgit Will [via]
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Ayla Und Die Mammutjagerby Jean M. AuelISBN 3453215249 (3-453-21524-9)
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treffen Ayla und Jondalar auf die Mammutjäger, die wie sie zur Gruppe der Cro-Magnon-Menschen gehören. Sie werden von dem Stamm als vollwertige Mitglieder aufgenommen. Das Schicksal scheint ihnen endlich gewogen, doch Ayla steht plötzlich zwischen zwei Männern ... [via] More editions of Ayla Und Die Mammutjager:
Das Tal Der Pferdeby Jean AuelISBN 3453022548 (3-453-02254-8)
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Les Chasseurs De Mammouthsby Jean M. AuelISBN 2266122142 (2-266-12214-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Les Chasseurs De Mammouths'Book summary:Dans ce troisième volet de la formidable saga préhistorique « Les Enfants de la Terre », Ayla est confrontée à un terrible dilemme amoureux.
Au cours de leur périple, Ayla et son compagnon Jondalar font la connaissance des Mamutoï, un peuple de chasseurs de mammouths. Grâce à ses talents de guérisseuse, mais aussi à son étonnante familiarité avec les animaux, la jeune Cro-Magnon gagne rapidement la confiance et ladmiration de la tribu, qui accueille le couple avec chaleur.
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La situation se complique cependant lorsque Ranec, un artiste du clan, invite Ayla à venir admirer les statuettes en ivoire quil a sculptées pour honorer la « Grande Mère », figure suprême de la religion des Mamutoï. Enfant noir adopté par les Mamutoï, Ranec est un séducteur né, et est loin de laisser Ayla indifférente. Dévoré par une jalousie féroce, un sentiment considéré comme un vice ignoble, Jondalar sombre peu à peu dans le désespoir.
Qui de lartiste ou du chasseur, Ayla choisira-t-elle ? De cette décision difficile dépend tout son avenir.More editions of Les Chasseurs De Mammouths:
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LA Clan De L'Ours Des Cavernesby Jean AuelISBN 2266122126 (2-266-12212-6)
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Les Refuges De Pierreby Jean AuelISBN 2258058376 (2-258-05837-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Les Refuges De Pierre'Book summary:Dans ce cinquième volet de la saga préhistorique « Les Enfants de la Terre », Ayla donne naissance à un enfant très attendu et prend conscience du rôle qu'elle est appelée à jouer dans la destinée des Zelandonii, la tribu de Jondalar. Après un long voyage épique à travers l'Europe, Ayla et Jondalar arrivent à l'emplacement de la Neuvième Caverne, un camp de l'âge de pierre situé dans ce qu'on appellera bien plus tard le Périgord. C'est là que Jondalar retrouve la tribu qui l'a vu naître, et qui se réjouit de son retour. L'accueil fait à Ayla est plus mitigé. Cette femme parle avec un accent curieux et, surtout, elle est suivie par un loup et deux chevaux sur lesquels elle exerce un pouvoir troublant. Mais, si la jeune femme étonne les Zelandonii, ceux-ci la surprennent tout autant par leur façon de vivre dans leurs confortables abris-sous-roche et par la splendeur des peintures dont ils ornent leurs grottes. Plongée dans cet univers étranger, Ayla parviendra-t-elle à gagner la confiance des membres de la tribu de Jondalar ? [via]
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