prehistory

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“The Powerful Primate” becomes important when the author departs prehistory for modernity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

Overall, the findings suggest that relationships between humans and wolves in prehistory were far more varied than once thought.

From Science Daily • Dec. 29, 2025

"This is yet more fascinating evidence for Stonehenge's link with south-west Wales, where its bluestones come from," said Michael Parker Pearson, professor of British later prehistory at University College London.

From BBC • Aug. 22, 2025

For prehistory fans, the Miocene, with its fantastic mammal life, is an immensely attractive period.

From Salon • Feb. 17, 2025

Thus, what most literate people would consider strange lifestyles of remote prehistory are for me the most vivid part of my life.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond