The Struggle for Lunch: Another 50 Tales from the Grotto

• 50 new stories from the author of the bestseller «Tales from the Grotto»;
• Real anthropological sites;
• Prehistoric flora and fauna in colorful tales and illustrations.

About:
We are what we eat. But we are also a means of acquiring food. For millions of years, our ancestors searched for fruits, caught fish, hunted birds and beasts, and sometimes tried not to become someone else's lunch. Our entire life revolves around food. Even the feeling of wonder, ways of communication, rituals — all of this either stems from the desire to eat or is accompanied by a feast.

How our ancestors fought for lunch — this will be told through 50 true stories. Modern science can tell a lot about life in the past. Thus, each tale is accompanied by an investigation, a story about how scientists learn about the long-gone past. The main thing we learn while examining this amazing kaleidoscope is that ancient people were different. Some of them were unlucky, but those who were better — stronger, smarter, kinder — survived, multiplied, and became our ancestors. We are descendants of the best ancestors, and this is a reason to strive to be the best ancestors for our descendants.

Quotes:

"Thanks to the analysis of carbon and oxygen isotopes from soil and fossilized teeth, we know what animals lived in which habitats — overgrown with trees or grass, dry or moist".
"According to the genetics of modern humans, somewhere in Eastern Indonesia, sapiens — including the ancestors of aborigines and Papuans — managed to mix with Denisovans. It raises the question: are the Ngandong people Indonesian Denisovans?"
"The most intriguing composition is the chain of tracks of a giant sloth walking on two legs, chased by a human. Some of the human footprints are inside the sloth's tracks: the person walked step by step with the beast, adjusting to its pace".

Features:

A full-color richly illustrated book of an unconventional format.
A wonderful gift edition option.