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Internet Ancient History Sourcebook:

Human Origins

See Main Page for a guide to all contents of all sections.

• Human Origins
• Archeology
• Hunter-Gathering Societies
• The Beginnings of Agricultural Societies
  • Modern Perspectives on the Agricultural Revolution
  • Origins of Patriarchy?

There are no texts produced by pre-literate humans! There are a number of splendid web resources linked from here:

• WEB Geology and Geologic Time [At Berkeley]
• WEB Evolution: Theory and History [At Berkeley]
• WEB How Humans Evolved [At WW Norton]
• WEB Human Origins and Evolution in Africa [At Indiana]
• WEB University of California Museum of Anthropology [At Berkeley]
• WEB Origins of Mankind Page [At Talk.Orgins]
• WEB Creationism FAQ [At Talk.Origins]
• 2ND Introduction to Evolutionary Biology [At Talk.Origins]

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• Hunting and Warfare [At Internet Archive, from Northpark]
• WEB Chauvet Cave Paintings c.30,000 BCE [SW France][Website]

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• Çatal Hüyük [At Internet Archive, from Northpark]
• 2ND Mark Nesbitt: Plants and People in Ancient Anatolia [At Asor.org][Modern Account]
• WEB Çatal Hüyük [At Cambridge]
• Origins of Patriarchy?
  • Lawrence Osborn: The Women Warriors [At Lingua Franca]
  • Gerda Lerner: Summary of The Creation of Patriarchy [At Internet Archive, from Sunshine for Women]

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NOTES:

Dates of accession of material added since July 1998 can be seen in the New Additions page.

The date of inception was 4/8/1998.

Links to files at other site are indicated by [At some indication of the site name or location].

Locally available texts are marked by [At this Site].

WEB indicates a link to one of small number of high quality web sites which provide either more texts or an especially valuable overview.

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