The Emergence of Modern Humans: An Archaeological Perspective

Pp. ix, 555; numerous black-and-white photos, fine line-drawings of stone artifacts, maps, graphs). Publisher's original dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, blue pictorial dust jacket lettered in white, lg 8vo. In this volume, 24 leading international paleontologists and archaeologists summarize recent archaeological research in different regions of the world to present a wide-ranging survey of the archaeological evidence bearing on the last 40,000 years of human evolution. The contributors offer detailed descriptions and analyses of stone and bone tools as well as ornaments and works of art at various European sites, including for comparative purposes, studies of finds at non-European sites (from the jacket flap). No ownership marks and no signs of use.

Sir Paul Mellars is Professor of Prehistory and Human Evolution in the Department of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge.