TY - BOOK AU - Fagan,Brian M. TI - People of the earth: an introduction to world prehistory SN - 032101457X AV - GN740.F3 1998 U1 - 930 21 PY - 1998/// CY - New York PB - Longman KW - Prehistoric peoples KW - Civilization, Ancient N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 589-607) and index; Content: Introducing world prehistory -- Human origins; the emergence of early human ancestors -- Homo erectus and homo and homo sapiens sapiens(1.9millioms to 40,000 years ago -- Europeans and the northern Asians -- Intensification and complexity -- The first Americans -- Africans and the Australians -- A plenteous harvest; the origins -- The origins of food production in Southwest Asia -- Early European farmers -- Early farmers of Africa and the Nile -- Asia; Rice roots and ocean voyagers -- The story of maize; early farming societies in the Americas -- The development of civilizations -- Ancient Egypt, Nubia, and sub-Saharan Africa -- Early states in South and Southeast Asia -- Shang civilization in East Asia -- Anatolia, Greece, and Italy -- Temperate Europe before the Romans -- Mesoamerican and civilization -- Andean states -- ER -