TY - BOOK AU - Howells,W.W. TI - Back of history: the story of our own origins AV - GN 743 H78.1954 PY - 1954/// CY - Garden City, N.Y. PB - Doubleday KW - Prehistoric peoples KW - Pueblos prehistóricos N1 - Prologue --; The Nature of human life --; The Coming of mankind --; The Meaning of society --; Culture : how we behave --; Language : how we talk --; The Old hunters -- the first step --; Early tools : the Lower Paleolithic --; Early men --; The End of the Stone Age --; The Last living hunters --; The New farmers -- the second step --; The First food growers : the Neolithic --; The Spread of modern races --; Asia and the western farmers --; The Pacific and eastern farmers --; African herders and gardeners --; The New societies --; The Organization of society --; The Meaning of religion --; Inventions and changes --; The New world --; The Oldest Americans --; The Rise of American Indian civilization --; Cities and bronze -- the third step --; The Cradle of civilization in Asia --; Egypt, Crete and the beginnings of Europe --; Epilogue --; Author's note --; Index ER -