The Neanderthals Rediscovered: How Modern Science is Rewriting Their Story - Softcover

Papagianni, Dimitra

 
9780500292044: The Neanderthals Rediscovered: How Modern Science is Rewriting Their Story

Synopsis

Winner of the 2015 Society for American Archaeology Book Award, this is a fascinating study of the Neanderthals, informed by the latest scientific developments and discoveries

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About the Author

Dimitra Papagianni trained as a Palaeolithic and stone tool specialist at Cambridge and wrote her PhD on the Neanderthal sites of northwestern Greece, the region where she was born. She has taught for the undergraduate, Masters and continuing education programs at Southampton, Cambridge, Oxford and Bath.

From the Back Cover

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, 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.

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