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How old is man? Where did he come from? How did he live? Less than a hundred years ago, people did not know. Then, exciting clues were discovered - hatchets made of stone, paintings drawn in caves, and skeletons of prehistoric beasts and prehistorie man. Step by step the puzzling pieces were put together until finally the great mystery was solved. Here is a story that spans a million years - the story of the first men in the world.
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Table of Contents
1.
A Hatchet in the Drift
Page 1
2.
"Impossible! Absurd!"
Page 7
3.
Is It a Freak?
Page 13
4.
An Unwelcome Ancestor Comes to Stay
Page 18
5.
The "Missing Link" Appears
Page 26
6.
Dragons' Bones
Page 33
7.
Deep in the Heart of the Jungle
Page 41
8.
"Go On! Seek New Places!"
Page 49
9.
Man Against Mammoth
Page 55
10.
King of the Ice Age
Page 62
11.
Lartet Finds the Reindeer Men
Page 70
12.
Bulls on a Ceiling
Page 77
13.
Is It a Forgery?
Page 85
14.
Bison of Clay
Page 91
15.
End of a Hero
Page 98
16.
Midnight Magic in a Cave
Page 103
17.
Between the Acts
Page 111
18.
Enter the Farmer
Page 116
19.
Mystery of the Piles
Page 121
20.
Stonehenge Goes Up
Page 129
21.
Bison Hunt in New Mexico
Page 133
22.
Did They Do It All Alone?
Page 138
23.
Hats Off!
Page 145
24.
On the Shoulders of Stone Age Man
Page 149
Edition Notes
Originally published in 1953 by Random House.
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