DK Children, 2017. — 64 p. — ISBN 9781465457509.
This fun, fact-filled book for kids ages 6-9 is the ultimate guide to the Stone Age, during which humankind took its first steps. Entertaining and educating young readers through a combination of close-up images, quirky trivia facts, quiz questions, and fascinating tidbits, it's the perfect book for any kid who is curious about early human history.
How did people survive during the Stone Age? What innovative tool did they refer to as a "thunderstone"? How big could woolly mammoths grow? Find out the answers to these questions and more in DKfindout! Stone Age, which features photographs of ancient artifacts and relics, as well as illustrations and maps depicting how early humans hunted, communicated, and migrated across continents. Readers will learn about the three main periods of the Stone Age-the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic-and the key developments of each era, from the creation of stone tools and weapons to the start of modern agriculture. DKfindout! Stone Ageilluminates this important stage in our species' past, providing kids with plenty of interesting details to pore over.
Vetted by educational consultants, the DKfindout! series drives kids ages 6-9 to become experts on more than 30 of their favorite STEM- and history-related subjects, whether Vikings, volcanoes, or robots. This series covers the subjects that kids really want to learn about-ones that have a direct impact on the world around them, like climate change, space exploration, and rapidly evolving technology-making learning fun through amazing images, stimulating quizzes, and cutting-edge information. The DKfindout! series is one that kids will want to turn to again and again.
What is the Stone Age?
Meet a Stone Age human
Where did they live?
Ice Age
Stone tools
On the hunt
Stone Age animals
Mammoths
Making tools
Forest foods
Shelter
Fire
A day in the life
Taming wolves
Stone Age clothes
How to survive the Stone Age
Beliefs
Cave painting
Caves of the world
Stone Age detective
Meet the expert
First farmers
Stone Age village
Arts and crafts
Bronze Age
Iron Age
Today’s hunter-gatherers
Stone Age facts and figures
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