How and Why Wonder Book of Primitive Man

Introduction

This How and Why Wonder Book deals with a question that is perplexing and fascinating "Where did man come from?" The book relates how scientists use the records of "prehistory" to help answer this question. It throws light on various theories about how man developed from primitive beginnings to a creature who first used simple tools and then more complex ones. It reminds us that after thousands of years, man began speaking and writing and, with these skills, history had begun.

The How and Why Wonder Book of Primitive Man reveals how different kinds of scientists archaeologists, anthropologists, geologists and others- combine their discoveries and knowledge to fill in the gaps with information that is needed to get a clearer picture of early man. We learn, too, how it is that there are people of many different kinds and appearances in the world today. Yet we see, also, that men everywhere probably have a common ancestry and that all men are "brothers under the skin." At no other time in history has it been so important for people every-where to possess attitudes favorable to understanding each other.

This book can help parents, teachers and children to build sound knowledge by supplying up-to-date information on common questions about man's origins.

Paul E. Blackwood