The French popular-science writer surveys what the new prehistoric archaeology of the 1860s had revealed about the earliest humans. He moves from the age of chipped stone and cave dwellers to polished stone, lake villages, bronze and iron, describing tools, weapons, food, burial and dwellings, and illustrating them with reconstructed scenes of daily life.
A vivid snapshot of how Victorians first pictured their prehistoric ancestors, now dated in many details. Download the free EPUB.