There is no longer any question but that there were people around hunting the really big prehistoric animals that roamed what is now Florida, says Purdy (emerita,anthropology, U. of Florida and curator, emerita, Florida Museum of Natural History). She traces the archaeological findings, interpretations, controversies, and evolving theory over the past century and a half that have led to the current understanding. She also suggests technologies and approaches to resolve the controversies of today, particularly how much earlier than 14,000 thousand years ago the place was populated. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)