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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      05 June 2012
      23 June 2008
      ISBN:
      9780511817830
      9780521847964
      9780521612654
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511817830
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.94kg, 622 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.82kg, 622 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Prehistory, Archaeological Theory and Methods, Archaeology, Archaeology of Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa and The Pacific
      Series:
      Cambridge World Archaeology
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    Subjects:
    Prehistory, Archaeological Theory and Methods, Archaeology, Archaeology of Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa and The Pacific
    Series:
    Cambridge World Archaeology
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    Africa has the longest record - some 2.5 million years - of human occupation of any continent. For nearly all of this time, its inhabitants have made tools from stone and have acquired their food from its rich wild plant and animal resources. Archaeological research in Africa is crucial for understanding the origins of humans and the diversity of hunter-gatherer ways of life. This book is a synthesis of the record left by Africa's earliest hominin inhabitants and hunter-gatherers, combining the insights of archaeology with those of other disciplines, such as genetics and palaeo-environmental science. African evidence is critical to important debates, such as the origins of stone tool making, the emergence of recognisably modern forms of cognition and behaviour, and the expansion of successive hominins from Africa to other parts of the world.

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    "...probably the best available survey of prehistoric Africa. Recommended." --Choice

    "It is apparent that this book represents an impressive scholarly achievement...Without a doubt this is an important book."--Graham Connah, School of Archaeology and Anthropology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

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