1. Chapter 1 Nature, Humanity, and History, to 3500 B.C.E.

2. African Genesis Interpreting the Evidence
Charles Darwin and The Descent of Man
Modern techniques in archaeology
Chemistry, biology and genetics

3. African Genesis Human Evolution Hominids
Home erectus, Homo habilis, Homo sapiens
Migrations from Africa
The Great Ice Age

4. Technology and Culture in the Ice Age
Food Gathering and Stone Tools
Paeolithic
Neolithic
Gender Roles and Social Life
Hearths and Cultural Expressions
Cave art

5. The Agricultural Revolutions
The Transition to Plant Cultivation
Stone tools
“swidden” agriculture
Domesticated Animals and Pastoralism
Agriculture and Ecological Crisis

6. Life in Neolithic Communities
Cultural Expressions
megaliths
Early Towns and Specialists
Jericho / Catal Huyuk