The Geography of Neandertals and Modern Humans in Europe and the Greater Mediterranean.

Bar-Yosef, Ofer and David Pilbeam:

ISBN 10: 0873659589 / ISBN 13: 9780873659581

Published by Boston: Peabody Museum Press, 2000

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Series: Peabody Museum Bulletin x 196p brown paperback, A4 format, fresh clean copy, as new Language: English.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Geography of Neandertals and Modern Humans in Europe and the Greater Mediterranean.
• Publisher: Boston: Peabody Museum Press
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0873659589
• ISBN 13: 9780873659581
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

During the Middle Paleolithic, various populations ancestral to modern Homo sapiens inhabited Africa, while Europe was homeland to the Neandertals. Recent archaeological investigations have provided data showing that the abrupt transition from the Middle to the Upper Neolithic, during which these populations met and interacted, was a fast-moving period of change for both groups.

In this volume, the expansion of modern humans and their impact on the populations of Neandertals in Europe, Western Asia, and Northern Africa is discussed in depth, with particular focus on the lithic industries of the late Middle and early Upper Paleolithic.

About the Authors

Ofer Bar-Yosef is MacCurdy Professor of Prehistoric Archaeology, Emeritus, at Harvard University.

David R. Pilbeam is Henry Ford II Professor of Human Evolution in the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University.