Description: Examines the economic, social, and political roles of Paleolithic children.
Brief description: April Nowell is a Paleolithic archaeologist and Professor of Anthropology at the University of Victoria. She directs an international team of researchers in the study of Lower and Middle Paleolithic sites in Jordan and is known for her publications on cog
Review Quotes: "...this is data-driven, intellectually weighty, wide-ranging and erudite, lively, and packed full of ideas. [...] it goes much further than most books on human origins to humanise the Palaeolithic world, and the result is one of the best evocations of the Palaeolithic world I have read. [...] It should certainly be required reading for Palaeolithic and prehistoric specialists; and academics in the life sciences and social sciences and interested lay readers will find it of great value."-- "Paul Pettitt, Proffessor of Palaeolithic Archaeology at Durham"