Archaeology, Paleontology, Prehistory All books
![At the Origins of Funerary Rituals - Seeing, Hiding, Making Sacred](https://s0.odilejacob.fr/couvertures/9782738149794.jpg)
Éric Crubézy
At the Origins of Funerary Rituals Seeing, Hiding, Making Sacred
From prehistory to history, descriptions of funeral rituals, known or less so, with first-hand documentation.
![Memoirs of a Protohistorian - In Search of Peoples Without Writing](https://s2.odilejacob.fr/couvertures/9782738146427.jpg)
Jean Guilaine
Memoirs of a Protohistorian In Search of Peoples Without Writing
By one of the preeminent specialists in protohistory, the tale of a simple passion for archeology in the Mediterranean region, fed by a deep attachment to the peasant world and to childhood.
![Following Lucy - Expeditions in Ethiopia](https://s0.odilejacob.fr/couvertures/9782738141644.jpg)
Raymonde Bonnefille
Following Lucy Expeditions in Ethiopia
A unique account by one of the few women to have actively participated in the great archeological expeditions in the Omo Valley in the 1970s.
![Audacity of Sapiens: How Humanity Was Formed (The)](https://s1.odilejacob.fr/couvertures/9782738143648.jpg)
Marcel Otte
The Audacity of Sapiens: How Humanity Was Formed
It is time to bring back thought, responsibility, and courage to a consideration of the prodigious human adventure.
![Origins of Man: Origins of a Man - Memoirs](https://s3.odilejacob.fr/couvertures/9782738136053.jpg)
Yves Coppens
Origins of Man: Origins of a Man Memoirs
Richly illustrated, the memoirs of a great paleontologist, a man of exceptional breadth and an indefatigable story-teller, world-renowned prehistorian, and award-winning French scientist. The story of a life dedicated entirely to studying, explaining, reconstituting, understanding, telling about, and conveying the history of human beings, and the mystery of our origins.
![Protohistory - The Awakening of the West (7000-2000 BCE)](https://s0.odilejacob.fr/couvertures/9782738139627.jpg)
Jean Guilaine
Protohistory The Awakening of the West (7000-2000 BCE)
An original, in-depth, richly-documented study of menhirs and dolmens, of the “religion” of the people of the Neolithic, of the origins of political power, and of the organization of social hierarchy
![Archeology of the Vanquished or History of the Victor?](https://s2.odilejacob.fr/couvertures/9782738137913.jpg)
Éric Crubézy, Dariya Nikolaeva
Archeology of the Vanquished or History of the Victor?
An analysis of natural selection, the evolution of societies, and adaptation to climate and the environment. A different way of looking at history, by questioning what ensures the survival of certain societies facing extreme natural conditions as well as invasions and colonization.
![Domestication of Fire (The)](https://s0.odilejacob.fr/couvertures/9782738135001.jpg)
Henry de Lumley
The Domestication of Fire
A reference work, lavishly illustrated, on one of the most essential subjects in the history of mankind. The author is one of the greatest paleontologists of the time, and a passionate researcher. The domestication of fire is a subject of interest to a wide public.