DKfindout! Stone Age

Description

This fun, fact-filled book for kids ages 6-9 is the ultimate guide to the Stone Age, during which humankind took its first steps. Entertaining and educating young readers through a combination of close-up images, quirky trivia facts, quiz questions, and fascinating tidbits, it's the perfect book for any kid who is curious about early human history. How did people survive during the Stone Age? What innovative tool did they refer to as a "thunderstone"? How big could woolly mammoths grow? Find out the answers to these questions and more in DKfindout! Stone Age, which features photographs of ancient artifacts and relics, as well as illustrations and maps depicting how early humans hunted, communicated, and migrated across continents. Readers will learn about the three main periods of the Stone Age-the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic-and the key developments of each era, from the creation of stone tools and weapons to the start of modern agriculture. DKfindout! Stone Ageilluminates this important stage in our species' past, providing kids with plenty of interesting details to pore over. Vetted by educational consultants, the DKfindout! series drives kids ages 6-9 to become experts on more than 30 of their favorite STEM- and history-related subjects, whether Vikings, volcanoes, or robots. This series covers the subjects that kids really want to learn about-ones that have a direct impact on the world around them, like climate change, space exploration, and rapidly evolving technology-making learning fun through amazing images, stimulating quizzes, and cutting-edge information. The DKfindout! series is one that kids will want to turn to again and again. 2 Contents 4 What is the Stone Age? 6 Meet a Stone Age human 8 Where did they live? 10 Ice Age 12 Stone tools 14 On the hunt 16 Stone Age animals 18 Mammoths 20 Making tools 22 Forest foods 24 Shelter 26 Fire 28 A day in the life 30 Taming wolves 32 Stone Age clothes 34 How to survive the Stone Age 36 Beliefs 38 Cave painting 40 Caves of the world 42 Stone Age detective 44 Meet the expert 46 First farmers 48 Stone Age village 50 Arts and crafts 52 Bronze Age 54 Iron Age 56 Today’s hunter-gatherers 58 Stone Age facts and figures 60 Glossary 62 Index 64 Acknowledgements