The Invention of Prehistory: Empire, Violence, and Our Obsession with Human Origins Romance while national newspapers present breathless

while national newspapers present breathless accounts of new archaeological findings and speculate about what those findings tell us about our earliest ancestors

everything has become a woman seemingly determined to keep him at arm’s length

After years of cruelty in his father's forge

Alice Coltrane was living in Southern California and had recently become a swami

two rival assassins are pitted against each other in a deadly game of revenge

The Invention of Prehistory: Empire, Violence, and Our Obsession with Human Origins Romance while national newspapers present breathless[A]n incisive and captivating reassessment of prehistory . . . In lucid prose, Geroulanos unspools an enthralling and detailed history of the development of modern natural science. Its a must read. Publishers Weekly, starred review An astute, powerfully rendered history of humanity. Kirkus Reviews, starred review An eminent historian tells the story of how we came to obsess over the origins of humanityand how, for three centuries, ideas of prehistory