Men of the earth: an introduction to world prehistory

Part I. Prehistory. Archaeology

Theories of prehistory: looking at the past

Understanding evolution

The Pleistocene

Part II. Hunters and gatherers. The origins of man, The earliest humans

Hand axes and choppers, Homo erectus

Homo sapiens, The complexity of hunter-gatherers

The upper Paleolithic: hunters in Western Europe

Hunters in nothern latitudes

Hunters in southern latitudes

Early Americans

Part III. Farmers. The harvest in plenteous

The origins of food production: Europe and the Near East

Africa and her prodigies.

Rice, roots, and ocean voyagers

New World agriculture

Part IV. Cities and civilizations. Civilization: the problem of causes

Mesopotamiaa and the first cities

Pharaohs, chiefs, and Indus merchants

European society in transition

The cities of Asia

Maya, Aztec and Inca: early civilizations in the New World

Epilogue.