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Cro-Magnons were the first fully modern Europeans--not only the creators of the stunning cave paintings at Lascaux and elsewhere, but the most adaptable and technologically inventive people that had yet lived on earth. The prolonged encounter between the Cro-Magnons and the archaic Neanderthals, between 45,000 and 30,000 years ago, was one of the defining moments of history. The Neanderthals survived for some 15,000 years in the face of the newcomers,...
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The Oodlethunks volume 2
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"Now that Oona's dino-baby has hatched from its egg, things have gotten even wackier! Stacy the enormous stegosaurus, can't wait to explore her new world. And Oona can't wait to show her off. But not everyone's ready for this big bundle of joy whose having the time of her life romping and chomping through West Woggle. With Bonk, Bruce Brute, Erma, and even the mean witch, Old Brouhaha, on the case, this loveable babe finds her right place in the hearts...
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The Oodlethunks volume 3
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With school out Oona and her brother Bonk are busy helping their father gather food, but Oona's pet Stegosaurus is something of a cave wrecker when left at home all day, so the children start Camp Woggle where all the local pets can amuse themselves during the day--but Mauro's pet T-Rex is a problem because he has a tendency want to eat the other campers.
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Travel back through history, over 27,000 years into the past, when Arctic glaciers reached as far south as London and people faced a daily struggle not just to survive as individuals, families or groups, but to avoid the ultimate extinction of the species. A key moment in the course of history saw the two branches of humankind, the Neanderthals and the Cro-Magnons, face off against the backdrop of perilous cold, harsh conditions, and massive predators....
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The Oodlethunks volume 1
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Oona finds a giant egg and brings it back to West Wog to care for it, and see what hatches--but others in the cave want to claim her egg, particularly the nasty kid Bruce Brute, and when the baby stegosaurus hatches it will have to choose who it wants to live with.
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"For 300,000 years, hunting - and being hunted - was a way of life that defined humankind. Using dramatic reenactments that integrate computer animations of species long extinct, this series tells the story of how hominids and early humans prevailed over both the elements and their competition. Helpful timelines and fascinating 'how we know what we know' segments highlight key archaeological digs and fossil records"--Container.
9) Antediluvian
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"What if all our legends are true? A rousing, fast-paced novel of time travel unlike any other, from acclaimed author Wil McCarthy. What if our legends are older than we think? All the Stone Age has left behind are rocks and bones; all other materials have rotted away, leaving no trace. But what if "cave men" never existed, and the Stone Age was a time of great sophistication still preserved in our oldest stories? In a brilliant and dangerous brain...
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"Can Shinoni and Keena, two Ice Age teens separated from their tribes, overcome their differences to outwit their pursuer and survive the unforgiving wilds? The climate is changing, game is disappearing, and two peoples of the Ice Age compete for survival in a savage world. Keena, from a powerful band of Neanderthals, and Shinoni, daughter of a Cro-Magnon shaman, are torn from their families by Haken, a ruthless hunter. The girls dislike each other...
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"For 300,000 years, hunting - and being hunted - was a way of life that defined humankind. Using dramatic reenactments that integrate computer animations of species long extinct, this series tells the story of how hominids and early humans prevailed over both the elements and their competition. Helpful timelines and fascinating 'how we know what we know' segments highlight key archaeological digs and fossil records"--Container.
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"During the Last Ice Age, Europe was a cold, dry place teeming with mammoths, wooly rhinoceroses, reindeer, bison, cave bears, cave hyenas, and cave lions. It was also the home of people physically indistinguishable from humans today, commonly known as the Cro-Magnons. This book tells the story of these dynamic and resilient people in light of recent scientific advances. Trenton Holliday—a paleoanthropologist who has studied the Cro-Magnons for...
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Go back 30,000 years to the Ice Age in Europe when the Cro Magnon may have clashed with a completely different species of humans, the Neanderthals. The Neanderthals were stocky, powerful and able to tolerate intense pain, while their foes, the Cro-Magnons were a weaker, more fragile species, but with a superior brain capable of complex thought.
19) Croniñona
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A little cro-magnon girl makes a doll out of clay when her family wont let her help them.
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W�drówki z bestiami volume 3
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"Witness life, death and drama from millions of years ago, and see the incredible history of human evolution unfold. This unique series tells the story of how a powerful cocktail of distinctive traits combined to produce an animal that came to dominate the world. That animal is, of course, us: Homo sapiens, and this is the chance to journey with our ancestors"--Container.