Best of
Prehistory

1986

The Great Dinosaur Debate: New Theories Unlocking the Mystery of the Dinosaurs and Their Extinction


Robert T. Bakker - 1986
    The author explodes the old orthodoxies and gives us a convincing picture of how dinosaurs hunted, fed, mated, fought and died.Containing over 200 detailed illustrations, The Great Dinosaur Debate will enthrall "dinosaurmaniacs". It is a bold new look at the extraordinary reign and eventual extinction of the awesome behemoths who ruled the earth for 150 million years.

Skara Brae: The Story of a Prehistoric Village


Olivier Dunrea - 1986
    Describes the Stone age settlement preserved almost intact in the sand dunes of one of the Orkney Islands, how it came to be discovered in the mid-nineteenth century, and what it reveals about the life and culture of this prehistoric community.

Myth, Cosmos, and Society: Indo-European Themes of Creation and Destruction


Bruce Lincoln - 1986
    

Food And Evolution: Toward a Theory of Human Food Habits


Marvin Harris - 1986
    Eric B. Ross has taught at Mount Holyoke and the University of Michigan.