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If you thought humans invented nothing worthwhile before the Renaissance 500 years ago, this large-format book will make you think again. As a species we have been inventing things since we came down from the trees, and many of today's technological marvels have depended on what our ancient ancestors discovered for us. The wheel, for instance, was invented long before recorded history, and without its many uses we simply wouldn't be able to live as we do today. Stone tools were used by cavemen and continue in use today in some cultures. Among the bizarre and useful long-ago inventions highlighted here are the contraceptive, eyed needles and saddles. The book is sumptuously illustrated with hundreds of colour photographs and drawings and is broken into six sections: Technologies, Shelter and Subsistence, Transportation, Hunting and Sport, Art and Science, and Adorning the Person. A fact-filled and fascinating book that will make you look at our ancestors in a different light. (Kirkus UK)

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Brian M. Fagan is Emeritus Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara. He has written numerous books, including The Seventy Great Mysteries of the Ancient World, Ancient North America and The Long Summer: Climate Change and Civilization.

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