02282cam a22003618i 450000100090000000300040000900500170001300800410003001000170007102000300008802000310011802000260014904000280017504200080020305000220021108200170023310000370025024501530028725000190044026300090045926400510046826400130051930000130053233600260054533700280057133800270059950400510062652010140067765000300169165000250172165000170174677601570176322252768OSt20231204145030.0210924t20222022nyu      b    001 0 eng    a  2021035078  a9781316515426q(Hardback)  a9781009011990q(Paperback)  z9781009025492q(ePub)  aDLCbengcDLCerdadDLC  apcc00aGN740b.B377 202200a569.9bBAR/H1 aBarsky, Deborah,d1962-eauthor.10aHuman prehistory :bexploring the past to understand the future /cDeborah Barsky, The Catalan Institute of Human Paleoecology and Social Evolution.  aFirst Edition.  a2212 1aNew York :bCambridge University Press,c2022. 4c© 2022.  apages cm  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.  a"More than 3 million years ago in Africa, our early ancestors began to systematically modify rocks into useable tools, thus inventing the first technologies that eventually permitted humans to dominate all life forms on the planet. In this book, Deborah Barsky offers a long-term evolutionary perspective on human culture and its relationship with technology. Using scientific information and examples from the global archaeological record, she follows the remarkable human journey from the early phases of prehistory and shows how it has led humans to a dangerously uncertain future. Her archaeological approach enables a fresh perspective regarding important issues that plague contemporary society, such as racism, the digital revolution, human migrations, terrorism, and war. Written in an accessible style, Barsky's book demonstrates how insights into the distant past serve as a tool for understanding the present and building a sustainable future for all life on planet Earth"--cProvided by publisher. 0aAntiquities, Prehistoric. 0aPrehistoric peoples. 0aArchaeology.08iOnline version :aBarsky, Deborah, 1962-tHuman prehistorybFirst Edition.dNew York : Cambridge University Press, 2022z9781009025492w(DLC) 2021035079