Homo Britannicus
Subtitle: The Incredible Story of Human Life in Britain
Edition: 1
Series: Natural History
Publisher: Penguin Group; Penguin Books; Penguin
Published: 2006
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9780141018133
Subjects: Natural History
Genres: Popular Science
First sentence: It had been a long, dry summer and the huge river had shrunk to a single deep channel, its many meanders now forming isolated water holes and reed beds.
Description: Tells the epic history of life in Britain, from man's very first footsteps to the present day. Drawing on all the latest evidence and techniques of investigation, Chris Stringer describes times when Britain was so tropical that man lived alongside hippos and sabre tooth tigers.
Table of contents: label: Prologue
title: The Mystery of the First Britons
pagenum: vii; label: Introduction
title: In the Beginning
pagenum: 1; label: One
title: The First Britons
pagenum: 35; label: Two
title: Understanding Ice Ages
pagenum: 53; label: Three
title: The Great Interglacial
pagenum: 68; label: Four
title: Deserted Britain
pagenum: 90; label: Five
title: Neanderthals and Us
pagenum: 113; label: Six
title: What they Gorged in Cheddar
pagenum: 134; label: Seven
title: Our Challenging Climates
pagenum: 160; label: Appendix
title: The AHOB Team
pagenum: 183; title: Acknowledgements
pagenum: 222; title: Illustration Acknowledgements
pagenum: 223; title: Sources and Further Reading
pagenum: 227; label: Index
pagenum: 238