Download or read book Before Adam Annotated ( Dover Thrift Editions) written by Jack London and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-24 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before Adam is a novel by Jack London, serialized in 1906 and 1907 in Everybody's Magazine. It is the story of a boy who dreams he lives the life of an early hominid Australopithecine.The story offers an early view of human evolution. The majority of the story is told through the eyes of the boy's hominid alter ego, one of the Cave People. In addition to the Cave People, there are the more advanced Fire People, and the more animal-like Tree People.