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41) The iceman
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32 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 29 cm
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English
43) The inheritors
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233 pages ; 21 cm
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English
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Eight Neanderthals encounter another race of beings like themselves, yet strangely different. This new race, Homo sapiens, fascinating in their skills and sophistication, terrifying in their cruelty, sense of guilt, and incipient corruption, spell doom for the more gentle folk whose world they will inherit.
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24 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
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English
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This title covers 10 prehistoric flying reptiles from Anhanguera to Zhejiangopterus, discussing each dinosaur's anatomy, behavior, and adaptations.--
Describes the physical characteristics and behavior of flying reptiles, including Pterodactylus, Dorygnathus, and Anhanguera.
46) Giant ape
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24 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 23 cm.
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English
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1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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English
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Mo and Jo are cavemen who, in three easy-to-read chapters, try to improve the smell of themselves and their cave, attempt to play hide-and-seek, and discover that there is more than one way to stay warm on a cold day.
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1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Journey back 15,000 years to trace humankind's incredible journey through time. Beginning with humanity's exodus from the Ice Age and chronicling milestones such as hunter-gatherer, farmer, builder, and city organizer. Reveals how humankind managed to survive and conquer the world. Explores the motivation of early humankind and its epic transformation to reveal the inspiring story of he invention of civilization.
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xvii, 538 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 26 cm
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English
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This is the story of the search for humanity's origins--from the Middle Ages, when questions of the earth's antiquity first began to arise, through to the latest genetic discoveries that show the interrelatedness of all living creatures. --from publisher description.
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379 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
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English
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A conclusion to the series featuring Dekanawida the Peacemaker finds the growing League of the Great Law of Peace threatened by marauding warriors from the People of the Mountain, who Dekanawida urges to join the League to save their shared world.
54) Kali's song
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 cm
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English
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Thousands and thousands of years ago, a young boy gets his first hunting bow and learns to shoot, but he prefers to use the bow to make music.
55) Dave's cave
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
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English
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Dave loves his cave. Inside is decorated EXACTLY the way he likes it. Outside there is a lovely spot for a fire and the grass is always lovely and green. But, Dave is unhappy. What if there might be an even better cave out there? And off he sets in search of a new home. But it turns out that good caves are hard to find. They're either too small, or too big, or too full of bats, until he finds one that looks MUCH more promising. Outside has the perfect...
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493 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
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English
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A novel on 11th Century Indians in the area of New Mexico. They were the Anasazi and the book traces their customs, politics and wars. A tale of human sacrifice and massacres, as when a chief orders the execution of a village to thwart a prophecy that a stolen child will return to conquer his people. By the authors of People of the Lightning.
58) The wolf's boy
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230 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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"Marked as tabat--the unlucky one--Kai and his wolf, Uff, must brave the long winter together and learn what it takes to survive on their own"--
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