'All concerned with the prehistory of Africa must be grateful to the Cambridge University Press for having produced it, to Desmond Clark for his editing, and to all the contributors. Printing, reproduction of figures and plates, binding and index are all good.' The Journal of African History

• List of figures; List of plates; Preface; 1. The palaeo-ecology of the African continent: the physical environment of Africa from the earliest geological to Later Stone Age times Karl W. Butzer and H. B. S. Cooke; 2. Origins and evolution of African Hominidae F. Clark Howell; 3. The earliest archaeological traces Glynn Ll. Isaac; 4. The cultures of the Middle Palaeolithic/Middle Stone Age J. Desmond Clark; 5. The Late Palaeolithic and Epi-Paiaeolithic of northern Africa Philip E. L. Smith; 6. The Later Stone Age in sub-Saharan Africa D. W. Phillipson; 7. The rise of civilization in Egypt B. G. Trigger; 8. Beginnings of pastoralism and cultivation in north-west Africa and the Sahara: origins of the Berbers G. Camps; 9. The origins of indigenous African agriculture Jack R. Harlan; 10. Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period in Egypt Barry J. Kemp; 11. Early food production in sub-Saharan Africa D. W. Phillipson; 12. Egypt, 1552–664 BC David O'Connor; Bibliographical essays; Bibliography; Index.

'All concerned with the prehistory of Africa must be grateful to the Cambridge University Press for having produced it, to Desmond Clark for his editing, and to all the contributors. Printing, reproduction of figures and plates, binding and index are all good.' The Journal of African History

• List of figures; List of plates; Preface; 1. The palaeo-ecology of the African continent: the physical environment of Africa from the earliest geological to Later Stone Age times Karl W. Butzer and H. B. S. Cooke; 2. Origins and evolution of African Hominidae F. Clark Howell; 3. The earliest archaeological traces Glynn Ll. Isaac; 4. The cultures of the Middle Palaeolithic/Middle Stone Age J. Desmond Clark; 5. The Late Palaeolithic and Epi-Paiaeolithic of northern Africa Philip E. L. Smith; 6. The Later Stone Age in sub-Saharan Africa D. W. Phillipson; 7. The rise of civilization in Egypt B. G. Trigger; 8. Beginnings of pastoralism and cultivation in north-west Africa and the Sahara: origins of the Berbers G. Camps; 9. The origins of indigenous African agriculture Jack R. Harlan; 10. Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period in Egypt Barry J. Kemp; 11. Early food production in sub-Saharan Africa D. W. Phillipson; 12. Egypt, 1552–664 BC David O'Connor; Bibliographical essays; Bibliography; Index.

'All concerned with the prehistory of Africa must be grateful to the Cambridge University Press for having produced it, to Desmond Clark for his editing, and to all the contributors. Printing, reproduction of figures and plates, binding and index are all good.' The Journal of African History

• List of figures; List of plates; Preface; 1. The palaeo-ecology of the African continent: the physical environment of Africa from the earliest geological to Later Stone Age times Karl W. Butzer and H. B. S. Cooke; 2. Origins and evolution of African Hominidae F. Clark Howell; 3. The earliest archaeological traces Glynn Ll. Isaac; 4. The cultures of the Middle Palaeolithic/Middle Stone Age J. Desmond Clark; 5. The Late Palaeolithic and Epi-Paiaeolithic of northern Africa Philip E. L. Smith; 6. The Later Stone Age in sub-Saharan Africa D. W. Phillipson; 7. The rise of civilization in Egypt B. G. Trigger; 8. Beginnings of pastoralism and cultivation in north-west Africa and the Sahara: origins of the Berbers G. Camps; 9. The origins of indigenous African agriculture Jack R. Harlan; 10. Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period in Egypt Barry J. Kemp; 11. Early food production in sub-Saharan Africa D. W. Phillipson; 12. Egypt, 1552–664 BC David O'Connor; Bibliographical essays; Bibliography; Index.