Contents
| PAGE | |
| How We Learn about Prehistoric Men | [7] |
| The Changing World in Which Prehistoric Men Lived | [17] |
| Prehistoric Men Themselves | [22] |
| Cultural Beginnings | [38] |
| More Evidence of Culture | [56] |
| Early Moderns | [70] |
| End and Prelude | [92] |
| The First Revolution | [121] |
| The Conquest of Civilization | [144] |
| End of Prehistory | [162] |
| Summary | [176] |
| List of Books | [180] |
| Index | [184] |
HOW WE LEARN about Prehistoric Men
Prehistory means the time before written history began. Actually, more than 99 per cent of man’s story is prehistory. Man is at least half a million years old, but he did not begin to write history (or to write anything) until about 5,000 years ago.
The men who lived in prehistoric times left us no history books, but they did unintentionally leave a record of their presence and their way of life. This record is studied and interpreted by different kinds of scientists.