The old way : a story of the first people /

Thomas, Elizabeth Marshall, 1931-,

The old way : a story of the first people / [print] Elizabeth Marshall Thomas. - first edition. - New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (c)2006. - xiv, 343 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.

"Sarah Crichton books."



About words and names -- Fifteen hundred centuries -- Our lineage -- Meat and fire -- The Kalahari -- The search -- Place -- Hunting -- Gathering -- Poison -- Dangerous animals -- Lions -- Men and women -- The life cycle -- The social fabric -- Peacekeeping -- Knowledge -- Religion -- Tsumkwe -- Return -- The present.



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San (African people)--History.
San (African people)--Social life and customs.
Hunting and gathering societies--History.--Namibia
Hunting and gathering societies--History.--Botswana

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