Contents
Preface: Mission Impossible xii
Introduction: Signals from the Past XV
PART ONE
Making us Human
2.000.000—Q000 BC
1. Mummy of Hornedjitef
2. Olduvai Stone Chopping Tool
3. Olduvai Handaxe
4. Swimming Reindeer
5. Clovis Spear Point
PART TWO
fter the Ice Age: Food and Sex
0000-3500 BC
6. Bird-shaped Pestle
7. Ain Sakhri Lovers Figurine
8. Egyptian Clay Model of Cattle
9. Maya Maize God Statue
ro. Jomon Pot
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PART THREE
The First Cities and States
4000-3000 BC
11. King Den’s Sandal Label
12. Standard of Ur
13. Indus Seal
14. Jade Axe
15. Early Writing Tablet
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