Join TV biological anthropologist Professor Alice Roberts on a fascinating non-fiction journey to discover the secrets of our past, in this dramatic retelling of our human journey for children aged 7+ years. Adults who love Who Do You Think You Are? will enjoy reading and sharing this book with young ones. Reach back through time and shake hands with your ancestors.
Discover who we are, where we come from and even what it means to be human as you follow the amazing human journey. This spectacular illustrated book begins with the dawn of humankind on the grasslands of Africa around two and a half million years ago and unfolds to follow our ancestors over time and all around the world: from Africa to Asia, Europe, Australia and the Americas. Travel with them as they face perils posed by deserts, oceans, changing climates, giant beasts, volcanoes and more, as they adapted, invented, survived and thrived.
Professor Alice Roberts is an anatomist, anthropologist, Professor of Public Engagement in Science and television presenter. She has presented landmark BBC TV series, including The Incredible Human Journey and Digging for Britain. She has written many popular science books and brought her talent for communicating science to a young audience in the 2018 Royal Institution Christmas Lectures.
James Weston Lewis is an illustrator and print maker. He was longlisted for the 2017 CILIP Kate Greenaway medal for The Great Fire of London and has also brought his powerful, vivid, contemporary style to The Legend of Tutankhamun and Secrets of the Skies.
Discover who we are, where we come from and even what it means to be human as you follow the amazing human journey. This spectacular illustrated book begins with the dawn of humankind on the grasslands of Africa around two and a half million years ago and unfolds to follow our ancestors over time and all around the world: from Africa to Asia, Europe, Australia and the Americas. Travel with them as they face perils posed by deserts, oceans, changing climates, giant beasts, volcanoes and more, as they adapted, invented, survived and thrived.
Professor Alice Roberts is an anatomist, anthropologist, Professor of Public Engagement in Science and television presenter. She has presented landmark BBC TV series, including The Incredible Human Journey and Digging for Britain. She has written many popular science books and brought her talent for communicating science to a young audience in the 2018 Royal Institution Christmas Lectures.
James Weston Lewis is an illustrator and print maker. He was longlisted for the 2017 CILIP Kate Greenaway medal for The Great Fire of London and has also brought his powerful, vivid, contemporary style to The Legend of Tutankhamun and Secrets of the Skies.
Author: Professor Alice Roberts
Illustrated by: James Weston Lewis
Format: Paperback / softback 48 pages
Publisher: Egmont UK Ltd
Imprint: Red Shed
ISBN: 9781405291453
Published: 3 Sep 2020
Classifications: Sociology & anthropology, History & the past: general interest (Children's / Teenage), People & places (Children's / Teenage)
Readership: Children / Juvenile Professional & Vocational Tertiary Education (US: College)
Weight: 308g
Dimensions: 245 x 275 x 9 (mm)
Pub. Country: United Kingdom
Illustrated by: James Weston Lewis
Format: Paperback / softback 48 pages
Publisher: Egmont UK Ltd
Imprint: Red Shed
ISBN: 9781405291453
Published: 3 Sep 2020
Classifications: Sociology & anthropology, History & the past: general interest (Children's / Teenage), People & places (Children's / Teenage)
Readership: Children / Juvenile Professional & Vocational Tertiary Education (US: College)
Weight: 308g
Dimensions: 245 x 275 x 9 (mm)
Pub. Country: United Kingdom
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