@kistreadsbooks: want to learn some prehistory? here's your history syllabus with a stack of book recommendations covering it from a bunch of different angles Book List 📚 The Rise & Fall of the Dinosaurs by Steve Brussate Kindred by Rebecca Wragg Sykes The Smart Neanderthal by Clive Finlayson The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber and David Wengrow Plagues Upon the Earth by Kyler Harper Pathogenesis by Jonathan Kennedy #BookTok #prehistory #History
The rise and fall of dinosaurs is one of my faves of all time
2026-08-27 23:24:20
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Elizabeth ✿ :
Thanks for the recs!
2026-08-29 00:26:53
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Lama | @thebookesquire 🇵🇸📚 :
“historical topic that I’ve been obsessed with is prehistory” sounds crazy
2026-08-28 03:13:19
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O :
The Horse, the Wheel, and Language by David W. Anthony a good one about the proto indo-European people
2026-08-28 20:42:46
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Roo :
*opens the libby app*
2026-08-28 15:54:22
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Dom :
I found Against the Grain by James C Scott riveting. Charts the lengthy and catastrophic transition from hunting/forging to grain agriculture production. Challenges the doctrine that this was actually progress
2026-08-28 19:13:02
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emerald.rainbow 🌈⛈️ :
I will never forgive whoever told booktok creators to display their books in the weirdest way possible for more view time. Please stack or hold books like normal people do. 😭
2026-08-28 11:11:29
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cognizanteggplant :
This is fuckin awesome thank you dude!! 🩵
2026-08-28 15:49:14
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Joey Loves Lana :
yay prehistory
2026-08-28 20:41:52
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elizabeth :
the sixth extinction is my #1 nonfiction science recommendation!!
2026-08-28 12:20:44
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karen :
“The Ends of the World” by Peter Brannen is another great one for anyone interested in the major mass extinctions!
2026-08-28 01:04:57
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imtooold 🍉 🇨🇩 🇸🇩 🇱🇧 :
The Dawn of Everything is EXCELLENT
2026-08-27 23:07:39
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Jesus Mario Mendoza quiñonez :
hard to take recommendations from someone bald but I'll try
2026-08-28 05:34:52
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R!!! :
“a paleontologist that actually writes like a normal human being” LMAO but also….. you should get in on stephen jay gould’s “wonderful life.” it’s taxonomically out of date but if you’re not working as a cambrian paleontologist, it’s a beautiful read!
2026-08-28 15:46:04
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Kara :
This is also a great one!
2026-08-27 23:33:06
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jasonridgell628 :
Steve Brussatt’s books are awesome! Make sure you read Story of Birds. You will never look at birds the same way again.
2026-08-27 23:41:46
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Cece P :
The dawn of everything is one of my favorite books of all time
2026-08-28 18:01:22
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maddie :
damnit kist my tbr is too long from you as it is
2026-08-28 16:10:25
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Apple User392586803 :
This is so wonderful thank you!
2026-08-28 09:51:03
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sp00kyghostxx :
“Pre history” acting like it’s not still history 💀
2026-08-28 02:45:53
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Meh :
I’d add Almost Human by Lee Berger. It’s SO incredible I had to sit in silence after reading it. I recommend it to everyone
2026-08-28 12:53:57
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vdbs14 :
Add to this list Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global by Laura Spinney (good list though, had a couple I was unaware of!)
2026-08-27 23:53:52
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