The Human Evolution Cookbook (Paperback)

Harold L. Dibble

ISBN 10: 1931707499 / ISBN 13: 9781931707497

Editore: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology, Philadelphia, 2003

Paperback. This humorous account of human evolution, from the beginnings of bipedalism through the Upper Paleolithic, is set in the context of a cookbook, with recipes and cartoons to match the unfolding stories. Each chapter discusses a particular milestone or event in human development, and a dash of prehistory, a sprinkling of recipes, and a generous helping of humor painlessly lighten the professorial instruction. From leading us to understand the first tool makers to showing us how to prepare a Neanderthal dinner party at the site of the authors' most recent excavations in Pech de l'Aze in France's Dordogne Valley near the town of Sarlat, this book presents archaeology as never before. This humorous account of human evolution, from the beginnings of bipedalism through the Upper Paleolithic, is set in the context of a cookbook, with recipes and cartoons to match the unfolding stories. Each chapter discusses a particular milestone or event in human development, and a dash of prehistory, a sprinkling of recipes, and a Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Codice articolo 9781931707497

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This humorous account of human evolution, from the beginnings of bipedalism through the Upper Paleolithic, is set in the context of a cookbook, with recipes and cartoons to match the unfolding stories. Each chapter discusses a particular milestone or event in human development, and a dash of prehistory, a sprinkling of recipes, and a generous helping of humor painlessly lighten the professorial instruction.

From leading us to understand the first tool makers to showing us how to prepare a Neanderthal dinner party at the site of the authors' most recent excavations in Pech de l'Aze in France's Dordogne Valley near the town of Sarlat, this book presents archaeology as never before.

Informazioni sull'autore: Harold L. Dibble is Professor of Anthropology and Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Dan Williamson is owner of Chef Dan's Culinary Adventures, which leads gastronomic tours of France. Brad M. Evans is a GIS and Educational Technology Specialist with the Bishop Museum in Honolulu.

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Titolo: The Human Evolution Cookbook (Paperback)
Casa editrice: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology, Philadelphia
Data di pubblicazione: 2003
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: new