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

Papagianni, Dimitra

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0500292043 ISBN 13: 9780500292044

Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd, 2015

Synopsis

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.

About this title

Review:

an engaging, informative, at times even amusing, account of 'our first cousins
Beautifully produced and in a smart slipcase, this book will make you want to abandon your Kindle. --Minerva

Fresh and engaging --The Bookseller

The first complete chronological narrative of the species from emergence to extinction ... archaeologist Dimitra Papagianni and science historian Michael Morse have shaped a gem ... a beautifully synthesized portrait of a powerful people. --Nature

About the Author:

Dimitra Papagianni has taught courses on the Neanderthals at the Universities of Cambridge, Oxford, and Bath. She lives in New York State.

Michael A. Morse is the author of How the Celts Came to Britain. They both live in New York State.

About this edition

• Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0500292043
• ISBN 13: 9780500292044
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208