A College Textbook For The Introduction To Prehistory Course--provided By Publisher. Encountering The Past -- Probing The Past -- African Roots -- The Human Lineage -- The First Humans : The Evolution Of Homo Sapiens -- Expanding Intellectual Horizons : Arts And Ideas In The Upper Paleolithic And Late Stone Age -- Expanding Geographic Horizons : New Worlds -- After The Ice : The Food-producing Revolution -- Roots Of Complexity : The Origins Of Civilization -- An Explosion Of Complexity : Mesopotamia, Africa, And Europe -- An Explosion Of Complexity : The Indus Valley And China -- An Explosion Of Complexity : Mesoamerica -- An Explosion Of Complexity : South America -- An Explosion Of Complexity : North America -- Evolutionary Epilogue: The Anthropocene Epoch? -- Hominid Species Glossary -- Glossary. Kenneth L. Feder (central Connecticut State University). Includes Bibliographical References And Index.