Climate Change in Prehistory: The End of the Reign of Chaos

by William James Burroughs

Book Overview

How did humankind deal with the extreme challenges of the last Ice Age? How have the relatively benign post-Ice Age conditions affected the evolution and spread of humanity across the globe? By setting our genetic history in the context of climate change during prehistory, the origin of many features of our modern world are identified and presented in this illuminating book. It reviews the aspects of our physiology and intellectual development that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521824095
• ISBN13: 9780521824095
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 372 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.4"