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Prehistoric man: researches into the origin - Of civilisation in the Old and the New World is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1876.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.
As a left-hander, the archaeologist and anthropologist Daniel Wilson (1816-92) was interested to discover as many left-handed Stone Age implements as right. In 1891 he published the results of his studies of left-handedness, which he concludes is hereditary and relates to the dominance of one hemisphere of the brain.
Published in 1862, this is a seminal two-volume work in the study of early man. Scottish anthropologist Daniel Wilson (1816-92) moved to Canada, where studies of native tribes greatly influenced this work. Using archaeological and anthropological advances, he charts the development of man in the New and Old World.
This is the 1863 second edition of a seminal two-volume work by the Scottish archaeologist and anthropologist Daniel Wilson (1816-92). A pioneering scholar, Wilson brought the word 'prehistoric' into use in English. This richly illustrated work is split into four periods, from the earliest settlers to the Christian era.
Daniel Wilson (1816-92) trained as an artist before turning to a scholarly career in archaeology and anthropology. This two-volume work on Edinburgh's historic buildings and antiquities was first published in 1848. Alongside detailed historical notes, Wilson's illustrations record places that were being threatened by development, or were already lost.
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