Neil Harrison 
Origins of Europeans and Their Pre-Historic Innovations from 6 Million to 10, 000 BCE 

This book highlights the crucial role that European ancestors played in human development and focuses on key stages of human progress, technological and social. Especially in the last 50, 000 years, Europeans pioneered far-reaching changes in the way peoples around the world lived, which even affected their physical appearance. Europeans in particular had a hard time surviving, but it was overcoming these great challenges that set them apart.