The Landmark Series from the American Museum of Natural History 



The Illustrated History of Humankind 



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HUMANS 



Human Origins and History lo 10,000 bc 



Documenting the epic history of human beings and the development of global society over four million years with 

 um-ivaled range and excellence, The Illustrated History of Humankind T^myiAes the most up-to-the-minute information 

 gathered from eminent scholars and archaeologists from around the world. Each volume in this ambitious five-part series is 

 lavishly illustrated with more than three hundred full-color photographs, maps, diagrams, and artists' reconstructions. 



Much needed, up-to-date, and beautifully illustrated Invaluable."— Richard Leakey 



Volume One, The First Humans, spans human history to 10,000 B.C. and explores our earliest origins, the great apes, the origins 

 of language, dating the past, global expansion, extinct species, and much more. Featured in this volume is David Hurst Thomas, 

 curator of anthropology at the American Museum of Natural History, on the first Americans. Hardcover 



Uterally spectacular accomplishment." — Washington Post Book World 



Volume Two, People of the Stone Age, discusses hunter-gatherers, farmers, the human impact on the environment, social and 

 gender roles, and more. Covering 10,000 B.C. to 2000 B.C., Volume Two includes Marija Gimbutas, the author of The Civilization 

 of the Goddess, on goddess worship. Hardcover 



iransfixing . . . outstanding illustrations and clear writing. . . . truly magnificent" — Booklist 



Volume Three, Old World Civilizations, vividly illuminates the eadiest urban societies (4000 B.C. to A.D. 1500) around the world, 

 chronicling the story of Mesopotamia and the first cities, the civilization of ancient Egypt, the development of African states, the 

 Iron Age in Southern Asia, rising dynasties in China, the age of classical Greece, and the rise of Rome. Hardcover 



General editor Goran Burenhult is associate professor 

 of archaeology at the University of Stockholm. 



U.S. editor David Hurst Thomas is curator of 

 anthropology at the American Museum of Natural History. 



To order, please send check or money order for $41.00 per volume 

 (includes shipping and handling — foreign orders extra) to: 



Members Choice Collection/American Mu.seum of Natural History 

 Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, New York 1 0024 



For Mastercard/Visa orders, please call 1-800-437-0033. 



Coming in Fall 1994: 



Volume Four, New Worid and Pacific Civilizations: 

 Cultures of America, Asia, and the Pacific 



Volume Five, Traditional Peoples Today: 

 Continuity and Change in the Modern World 



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