San Antonio College Library

"These 27 readings are concerned with the phenomenon of man, as revealed in his artifacts. The earliest of these discovered artifacts (the stone deposits found by Leakey at Olduvai Gorge) are some two million years old; the written history of man encompasses approximately the past 5000 years. An understanding of the organic and cultural evolution of man in prehistoric times is now seen to be at least as important (perhaps more so) to understanding...

"With the disappearance of the Neanderthal species some 25,000 years ago, Homo sapiens reigned supreme across Eurasia--but the human family was still dramatically in flux. This film depicts the cultural adaptations and far-flung migrations that continued to shape European societies from the end of the Ice Age through the development of agriculture to the invention of writing. Viewers learn about the major role of Middle Eastern diasporas in the settlement...