Title: Geschiedenis van de mens. Deel I. Jagers en verzamelaars. Boek 1. Van Pan tot Homo sapiens.
Description: This Dutch book is the first of a series on the history of mankind. It presents a global history based on three sources, archaeology, anthropology and DNA research. In this book comparisons are made between the societies om man, bonobo an chimpanzee. Questions why violence is a part of man's history, the relation between the sexes, cannibalism, the exodus out of Africa, esthetic feeling as an evolutionary advantage etc. are treated.
Subjects: History, mankind, fire, art
Places: Africa, Makapansgat, Tan-Tan, Berkhet Ram
People: Homo habilis, Homo erectus, Home floresiensis, Homo heidelbergensis, Homo neaderthalensis, Homo sapiens
Time periods: 2, 400, 000 BC - 12, 000 BC