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Ancient Civilisations that Shaped our World: Australopithecus afarensis to Homo sapiens and beyond
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ISBN13: 9798188662264
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 23 2026
Pages: 150
Weight: 0.46
Height: 0.32 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 23 2026
Pages: 150
Weight: 0.46
Height: 0.32 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Before the first city rose, before writing fixed a single name in history, the foundations of civilisation were already being laid, in footsteps, tools, firelight, memory and care. Ancient Civilisations that Shaped our World begins with Australopithecus afarensis and follows the long, branching human story towards Homo sapiens and settled society. Rather than presenting evolution as a simple march of progress, I explore the bodily compromises, environmental pressures and shared behaviours that gradually changed how our ancestors moved, thought, survived and lived together. Drawing on the evidence left in bones, footprints, stone tools, hearths and ancient landscapes, the book examines: - how bipedalism freed the hands while reshaping the entire body
- how changing diets, growing brains and longer childhoods deepened human dependence
- how tools, fire and shared knowledge transformed everyday life
- how gesture, sound and memory prepared the ground for language
- how rivers, coasts and water routes widened the human world
- how care, hygiene, ritual and belief became part of collective survival
- how mobile groups eventually developed surplus, specialisation and settled communities Clear, reflective and accessible, this is a wide-ranging introduction to human origins and the deep prehistory behind civilisation. It is written for curious general readers, students of history and anthropology, and anyone who has wondered not only where humanity came from, but how we learned to become human together. Civilisation did not begin with monuments. It began with bodies adapting, minds remembering and people
- how tools, fire and shared knowledge transformed everyday life
- how gesture, sound and memory prepared the ground for language
- how rivers, coasts and water routes widened the human world
- how care, hygiene, ritual and belief became part of collective survival
- how mobile groups eventually developed surplus, specialisation and settled communities Clear, reflective and accessible, this is a wide-ranging introduction to human origins and the deep prehistory behind civilisation. It is written for curious general readers, students of history and anthropology, and anyone who has wondered not only where humanity came from, but how we learned to become human together. Civilisation did not begin with monuments. It began with bodies adapting, minds remembering and people
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