9780312427283-031242728X-The Old Way: A Story of the First People

The Old Way: A Story of the First People

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ISBN-13: 9780312427283
ISBN-10: 031242728X
Edition: First Edition
Author: Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
Publication date: 2007
Publisher: Picador
Format: Paperback 368 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780312427283
ISBN-10: 031242728X
Edition: First Edition
Author: Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
Publication date: 2007
Publisher: Picador
Format: Paperback 368 pages

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The Old Way: A Story of the First People (ISBN-13: 9780312427283 and ISBN-10: 031242728X), written by authors Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, was published by Picador in 2007. With an overall rating of 4.2 stars, it's a notable title among other Africa (Historical, Southern Africa, African History, Women in History, World History, Evolution, Cultural, Anthropology) books. You can easily purchase or rent The Old Way: A Story of the First People (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Africa books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $2.01.

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Elizabeth Marshall Thomas was nineteen when her father took his family to live among the Bushmen of the Kalahari. Fifty years later, after a life of writing and study, Thomas returns to her experiences with the Bushmen, one of the last hunter-gatherer societies on earth, and discovers among them an essential link to the origins of all human society.

Humans lived for 1,500 centuries as roving clans, adapting daily to changes in environment and food supply, living for the most part like their animal ancestors. Those origins are not so easily abandoned, Thomas suggests, and our modern society has plenty still to learn from the Bushmen.

Through her vivid, empathic account, Thomas reveals a template for the lives and societies of all humankind.

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