About the book: 1994 / This fascinating book introduces readers to the life of our distant ones ancestors - primitive people. Thousands of dangers await its heroes. How will the hot battle between the hunter Ugh-lomi and the Great Cave Bear end? Will Num from the Madai tribe be able to find a way out of the Sacred Cave? Will the boy Krek get the fire? You can learn about these and many other adventures by reading this book, consisting of stories whose authors are writers of the late 19th - early 20th centuries: K. Senak “Red River Caves”, G. Wells “It Was in the Stone Age”, E. d'Hervilly "The Adventures of a Prehistoric Boy", V. Weinland "Rulaman". The last story has not been republished since 1925. Not only the sharpness of the plots, but also the educational nature of this kind of literature makes this book interesting for both children and adults. Contents: Claude Senac. Caves of the Red River (story, translation by I. Orlovskaya), pp. 5-130 Herbert Wells. It was in the Stone Age (story, translation by G. Ostrovskaya), pp. 131-186 E. d'Ervilly. The Adventures of a Prehistoric Boy (story, translation by B. Engelhardt), pp. 187-246 V. Weinland. Rulaman (story, translation by L. Yamshchikova), pp. 247-349 Note: The story by E. d'Hervilly “The Adventures of a Prehistoric Boy” is published in translation from French and adaptation by B. Engelhardt. V. Weinland's story “Rulaman” is published in translation from German and adaptation by Art. Felice (L. Yamshchikova). NB! Dust jacket missing!