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The humans who went extinct : why Neanderthals died out and we survived / Clive Finlayson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Finlayson, Clive, 1955- author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Neanderthals.
- Human evolution.
- Social evolution.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (256 p. ) ill.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Neanderthals, no less than another kind of human, almost made it, finally dying out just 28,000 years ago. What caused us to survive while they went extinct? Ecology holds the clues, argues Clive Finlayson. It comes down to climate change & chance. There was little in it, & things could have turned out quite differently.
- Contents:
- Prologue : when climate changed the course of history
- The road to extinction is paved with good intentions
- Once we were not alone
- Failed experiments
- Stick to what you know best
- Being in the right place at the right time
- If only . . .
- Africa in Europe : a Mediterranean serengeti
- One small step for man . . .
- Forever opportunists
- The pawn turned player
- Epilogue : children of chance.
- Notes:
- Formerly CIP.
- Previously issued in print: 2009.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 1-383-03712-4
- 1-282-34654-7
- 9786612346545
- 0-19-157117-2
- OCLC:
- 489212755
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