Homo Britannicus - The Incredible Story of Human Life in Britain

Informationen zum Autor Chris Stringer is Britain's foremost expert on human origins and works in the Department of Palaeontology at the Natural History Museum. He also currently directs the Ancient Human Occupation of Britain project, aimed at reconstructing the first detailed history of how and when Britain was occupied by early humans. His previous books include African Exodus: The Origins of Modern Humanity and The Complete World of Human Evolution . Klappentext Chris Stringer is Britain's foremost expert on human origins and works in the Department of Palaeontology at the Natural History Museum. He also currently directs the Ancient Human Occupation of Britain project, aimed at reconstructing the first detailed history of how and when Britain was occupied by early humans. His previous books include African Exodus: The Origins of Modern Humanity and The Complete World of Human Evolution . Zusammenfassung When did the first people arrive here? What did they look like? How did they survive? Who were the Neanderthals? The author takes us back to when it was so tropical we lived alongside hippos, elephants and sabre-toothed tigers or to times so cold we hunted reindeer and mammoth, and to others even colder when we were forced to flee a wall of ice.

Product details

• Authors: Chris Stringer
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 28.06.2007
• EAN: 9780141018133
• ISBN: 978-0-14-101813-3
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 16 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); European History, prehistory, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, SCIENCE / Paleontology, SCIENCE / Natural History, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Archaeology by period / region, Prehistoric archaeology, Physical anthropology