Customer Review: This book attempts to analyze European culture over the 500,000 years before history despite the fact that culture is not directly preserved in the archaeological record. The analysis is ingenious. The author draws on scientific evidence such as skeletons, stone tools, hearth sites, etc. and asks of... more info
Customer Review: Timewalkers examines the various theories of how humanity spread across the world. For such a work of scholarship, Gamble keeps things interesting with his quirky and nearly-poetic writing style. A vast amount of detail is processed, but never feels overwhelming. The earliest history of mankind is... more info