"What changed in the three million years of human evolution? Were there tipping points that made us more recognisably human? In this study, Clive Gamble presents and questions two of the most famous descriptions of change in prehistory. The first is the human revolution when evidence for art, music, religion and language appears. The second is the economic and social revolution of the Neolithic. Gamble identifies the historical agendas behind research on origins. He proposes an alternative approach that relates the study of change to the material basis of human identity. Rather than revolutionary stages, Gamble makes the case that our earliest prehistory is a story of mutual relationships between people and their technology. These developing relationships resulted in distinctive identities for our earliest ancestors and continue today."--BOOK JACKET. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

Olive Gamble is Professor in the Department of Geography at Royal Holloway University of London. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.