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Man from the farthest past
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- Date
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- 1930
- Publisher
- New York: Smithsonian Institution Series, Inc.
- Summary
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- On cover: Patrons edition; One of the plates accompanied by guard sheet with descriptive letterpress
- Bibliography: p. 352-358.
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- 1930
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- Copyright 1930 by Smithsonian Institution Series, Inc.
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- Author
- Abbot, Charles Greeley
- Author
- Hrdlika, Ales
- Publisher
- New York: Smithsonian Institution Series, Inc.
- Date
- 1930
- Series
- Smithsonian scientific series ; Vol. 7
- Description of Original
- 6 p. l., iii, 357 p. : col. front., illus. (incl. map) 100 pl. (part col.) on 65 l. ; 25 cm.
- Format
- Text
- Language
- English
- Collection
- History of Science and Technology
- [Cover]
- [Frontispiece] A fanciful sketch of prehistoric man which suggests the rude conditions of his life
- [Title Page]
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Preface / Bishop, C. W.
- Chapter I: Man's theater of action
- Chapter II: The chorus of man's stage
- Chapter III: The development of the individual human being
- Chapter IV: The study of human prehistory
- Chapter V: The Ice Age
- Chapter VI: Man the cave dweller
- Chapter VII: Neanderthal man
- Chapter VIII: Neanderthal man (continued): remains of early man near Weimar
- Chapter IX: The most ancient remains of man: the Piltdown remains
- Chapter X: The unfolding of man's intelligence
- Chapter XI: The Old Stone Age
- Chapter XII: The Middle Stone Age
- Chapter XIII: The New Stone Age
- Chapter XIV: The Age of Bronze
- Chapter XV: Ancient Egypt, Asia Minor, and Crete
- Chapter XVI: Other centers of civilization
- Chapter XVII: Prehistoric man in the New World
- Chapter XVIII: New discoveries concerning ancient man
- Bibliography
- Appendix: Neanderthal remains
- Index
- [Cover]