A stunning collection of specially commissioned photographs presents a survey of early people and their tools weapons clothing jewellery food and rituals. The items are reproduced with such clarity of detail that they give a new insight into the lives of their original owners.Beginning with remains that are up to four million years old the book follows the story of human development from the first ape-like hominids to the arrival of modern people the species we know as homo sapiens. Early People shows the methods used to produce flint tools to hunt for food to make fire and cook to cure hides and make clothes and to create intricate objects in bronze and iron.Early People is a fascinating guide to the objects left behind in prehistoric settlements around the world. It tells the story of how life on earth has changed - from the millions of years it took for mankind to discover how to make tools and fire to the more rapid development of the Bronze and Iron Ages.