The Neanderthals rediscovered : how modern science is rewriting their history / Dimitra Papagianni, Michael A. Morse.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Papagianni, Dimitra.

Contributor:

Morse, Michael A. (Michael Ari), 1969-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neanderthals.

Human evolution.

Fossil hominids.

Human remains (Archaeology).

Antiquities, Prehistoric.

Physical Description:

208 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits (some color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Thames & Hudson, 2013.

Summary:

For too long the Neanderthals have been seen as dim-witted evolutionary dead-enders who looked and behaved completely differently from us, but in recent years their story has been transformed thanks to new discoveries and advances in scientific techniques. In a compelling narrative one that has not previously been told in a way that encompasses the entire dramatic arc from evolution to expansion to extinction this book takes a fresh and engaging look at the whole story of the Neanderthals, setting out all the evidence, redressing the balance and arriving at a fairer assessment of a species that was closely related to us and in so doing addresses what it is to be human.--book jacket

Contents:

A long underestimated type of human

The first Europeans : 1 million to 600,000 years ago

Defeating the cold : 600,000 to 250,000 years ago

Meet the Neanderthals : 250,000 to 130,000 years ago

An end to isolation : 130,000 to 60,000 years ago

Endgame : 60,000 to 25,000 years ago

Still with us?.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-204) and index.

ISBN:

9780500051771

0500051771

OCLC:

856581640