Stone Age man was not one, but many kinds of human being, beginning over a million years ago.

Early man in Africa, Peking man in China, Neanderthal man, the Paleolithic mammoth hunters and cave dwellers of Europe, the hunting folk of the Mesolithic forests, and the farm and village people of Near East Neolithic times all appear in this book.

How man changed, learned, grew in culture, and spread ever more widely over the face of the earth makes an absorbing story, rich in the detail of everyday living, and inspiring in its chronicling of human intelligence and accomplishment.

From the dust jacket