Living In The Stone Age

In 1961, John F. Kennedy referred to the Papuans as “living, as it were, in the Stone Age.” For the most part, politicians and scholars have since learned not to call people “primitive,” but when it comes to the Papuans, the Stone-Age stain persists and for decades has been used to justify denying their basic rights. Why has this fantasy held such a tight grip on the imagination of journalists, policy-makers, and the public at large? Living in the Stone Age answers this question by following the adventures of officials sent to the New Guinea highlands in the 1930s to establish a foothold for Dutch colonialism. These officials became deeply dependent on the good graces of their would-be Papuan subjects, who were their hosts, guides, and, in some cases, friends. Danilyn Rutherford shows how, to preserve their sense of racial superiority, these officials imagined that they were traveling in the Stone Age—a parallel reality where their own impotence was a reasonable response to otherworldly conditions rather than a sign of ignorance or weakness. Thus, Rutherford shows, was born a colonialist ideology. Living in the Stone Age is a call to write the history of colonialism differently, as a tale of weakness not strength. It will change the way readers think about cultural contact, colonial fantasies of domination, and the role of anthropology in the postcolonial world.

When a modern young boy is transported back in time to a Stone Age village, he learns all about a new way of life.

Team up with Dar, who lived around 15,000 years ago in the late Stone Age. Find out what it takes to survive in prehistoric times as he teaches you how to: ● trap animals ● make fire ● build shelters ● hunt a mammoth Do you have the skills and guts to be a Stone-Age hunter?

Joina young girl as she goeshunting,makes her own stone tools and creates amazing cave art.Learn all about the dangers of life in the StoneAge,what makes a good shelter and what edible plantscan be gathered in the wild. Eye-catching illustrations by Laurent King bring this comic strip to life, as you visit the Stone Age for a day. Covers a wide range of Stone Age activities, from fishing and tracking animals, to making fire, stone tools and cave art.

Are you tired of relying on modern technology and craving a simpler, more natural way of life? o you want to go off-grid but don't know where to begin? Are you fascinated by the resilience and resourcefulness of our ancient ancestors? What you'll find inside: 1. Unlock the power of stone, bone, and wood to create practical tools, weapons, and ornaments. 2. Learn how to gather, hunt, and farm using sustainable methods inspired by the Stone Age. 3. Explore ancient techniques for maintaining hygiene, sanitation, and disease prevention. 4. Master the art of building secure, watertight, and well-insulated shelters from natural materials. 5. Understand the principles of early astronomy, navigation, and spiritual belief systems. 6. Discover the origins of modern surgery and medical knowledge through the practice of trepanation. 7. Embrace the benefits of skill specialization and cooperation in prehistoric communities. 8. Develop essential tactics for handling conflict, diplomacy, and leadership in Stone Age societies. If you want to reclaim your freedom and reshape your life through time-tested, stone age survival skills, then buy this book today. Your journey to self-sufficiency and success begins right here!

Readers can discover all the facts about the SAVAGE STONE AGE such as what they used instead of toilet paper, why a hole in the skull is good for headaches and how to make a Stone Age mummy. With a bold new look, these bestselling titles are sure to be a huge hit with yet another generation of Terry Deary fans. Revised by the author and illustrated throughout to make HORRIBLE HISTORIES more accessible to young readers.

This book is to explain the life... from birth to marriage; material life, removal of finger of child, dressing up, bodily decoration, woman making ceremony (Gulf Country).

For West Papua and its people, the promise of sovereignty has never been realized, despite a long and fraught struggle for independence from Indonesia. In Laughing at Leviathan, Danilyn Rutherford examines this struggle through a series of interlocking essays that drive at the core meaning of sovereignty itself—how it is fueled, formed, and even thwarted by pivotal but often overlooked players: those that make up an audience. Whether these players are citizens, missionaries, competing governmental powers, nongovernmental organizations, or the international community at large, Rutherford shows how a complex interplay of various observers is key to the establishment and understanding of the sovereign nation-state. Drawing on a wide array of sources, from YouTube videos to Dutch propaganda to her own fieldwork observations, Rutherford draws the history of Indonesia, empire, and postcolonial nation-building into a powerful examination of performance and power. Ultimately she revises Thomas Hobbes, painting a picture of the Leviathan not as a coherent body but a fragmented one distributed across a wide range of both real and imagined spectators. In doing so, she offers an important new approach to the understanding of political struggle.

Examines the history of mankind during the Neolithic Age, and presents evidence that the Stone Age human was more advanced than science originally thought. Includes figures and photographs.

A landmark book of popular science that gives us a lucid and engaging account of how the human body evolved over millions of years—with charts and line drawings throughout. “Fascinating.... A readable introduction to the whole field and great on the making of our physicality.”—Nature In this book, Daniel E. Lieberman illuminates the major transformations that contributed to key adaptations to the body: the rise of bipedalism; the shift to a non-fruit-based diet; the advent of hunting and gathering; and how cultural changes like the Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions have impacted us physically. He shows how the increasing disparity between the jumble of adaptations in our Stone Age bodies and advancements in the modern world is occasioning a paradox: greater longevity but increased chronic disease. And finally—provocatively—he advocates the use of evolutionary information to help nudge, push, and sometimes even compel us to create a more salubrious environment and pursue better lifestyles.