They Were Here Before Us: Stpries from Our First Million Years (paperback)

Embark on an expedition through prehistory to explore the human stories of the deep past. Written by Ran Barkai and Eyal Halfon, this book takes as its starting point ten prehistoric sites in Israel, the land corridor through which we humans passed on our journey out of Africa to Europe and the Americas. It's about where we came from, how we used to live, what we did wrong and how we thrived. 

They Were Here Before Us follows in the footsteps of our ancestors, describing their world in vivid detail: the tools they used, the animals they hunted and the monuments they built. From the earliest human use of fire, to the transformative effect of cave art, to the woman for whom 90 tortoises were sacrificed, this book gives a fascinating insight into the lives, loves and struggles of prehistoric people and shows how their unwavering ability to survive can continue into the present. 

197 pages