“What made these great advances possible was the gradual development of new ways of exploiting wind- and water-power, and a closely related improvement in metallurgical techniques. By A.D. 400 pious Buddhist pilgrims were turning vertical-shaft prayer wheels, and within three centuries the Persians were grinding grain in similarly rigged windmills.”
Coon tells the history of the human species and the way it has lived—from apes to atoms. He reveals the immense new knowledge of the distant past which anthropologists and archaeologists have garnered in the 20th century.
Author: Carleton S. Coon
Title: The Story of Man: From the First Human to Primitive Culture and Beyond
Edition: First Edition, first printing
Published: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1954
Physical Description: Hardcover; Octavo; 437p
Condition: Fair to good condition dust jacket with edge wear, chipping, rubbing to surfaces and sunning to spine—in new protector. Boards and spine clean with edge wear, bumping to corners, and crushing at spine ends. Binding solid and square. Pages toned. Small stain on top edge.
Comments: Handsome copy
