What on Earth Happened?
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Partial contents: PART 1: MOTHER NATURE (13.7 billion-7 million BC): Chrunch, bang, ouch! -- First twitches -- Tectonic teamwork -- Fossil fuss -- Davy Jones's locker -- Friends of the Earth -- Great egg race -- Dino-wars -- Flowers, birds and bees -- Prime time -- PART 2: HOMO SAPIENS (2 million-5000 BC): Ice box -- Food for thought -- Humanity -- The great leap forward -- Hunter-gatherer -- Deadly game -- Food crops up -- PART 3: SETTLING IN (5000 BC-c.570 AD): Written evidence -- Divine humanity -- Mother goddess -- Triple trouble -- Dragon's lair -- Peace of mind -- East-West divide -- Olympic champions -- Conquerors of the world -- Hurricane force -- Timbuk-taboo -- Amazing Americas -- PART 4: GOING GLOBAL (C.570 AD-present day): What a revelation! -- Paper, printing and powder -- Medieval misery -- Treasure hunt -- Moules Mariniere -- Fancy a beer? -- New Pangaea -- Mixed response -- Free reign -- Monkey business -- White man's race -- Back to the future -- Witch way?
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PUBLISHED
New York : Bloomsbury, 2008.
Year Published: 2008
Description: 415 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 26 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781596915831
1596915838
SUBJECTS
Civilization -- History.
Earth sciences -- History.
Earth -- History.