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The fifth beginning : what six million years of human history can tell us about our future /

"In The Fifth Beginning, archeologist Robert Kelly explains how the study of our cultural past can predict the future of humanity. In an eminently readable style, Kelly identifies four key pivot points in the six-million-year history of human development: the emergence of technology, culture, a...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Kelly, Robert L., 1957- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016]
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • The end of the world as we know it
  • How archaeologists think
  • Sticks and stones : the beginning of technology
  • Beads and stories : the beginning of culture
  • Bread and beer : the beginning of agriculture
  • Kings and chains : the beginning of the state
  • Nothing lasts forever : the fifth beginning.