Early steps in human progress / by Harold J. Peake.

  • Harold John Edward Peake
Date:
1933
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Early steps in human progress / by Harold J. Peake. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS CHAPTER I. All Sorts and Conditions of Men II. Ancient Types of Man . III. The Existing Rages of TvIan IV. The Measurement of Time . V. Early Tools . . . . VI. The Discovery of Fire VII. The Hunter’s Weapons VIII. The Beginnings of Art IX. Baskets and Leather Bags X. How Animals were Tamed XI. How Grain was First Grown XII. Early Agricultural Implements . XIH. The Earliest Mills XIV. The Evolution of the House XV. The Potter’s Art XVI. The Earliest Textiles . XVII. Transpoi^t by Water XVIII. Land Transport . . . . XIX. The First Working of Metals XX. The Invention of Writing XXI. The Beginnings of Trade XXII. Weapons of War . . . . XXIII. The Forging of Iron Weapons PAGE I 9 17 27 38 48 58 73 82 92 lOI 116 127 138 155 165 176 186 194 206 216 228 237