The Neanderthal's Necklace: In Search of the First Thinkers - Hardcover

Arsuaga, Juan Luis

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1568581874 ISBN 13: 9781568581873

Publisher: Four Walls Eight Windows, 2002

Synopsis

Neanderthals are at the center of this compelling narrative by Europe’s leading anthropologist, not because they were our ancestors but because they were not. Members of a parallel humanity that evolved in Europe for hundreds of thousands of years, they were in direct competition with Cro-Magnons — modern humans. The way Neanderthals lived and the reasons why they disappeared 50,000 years ago offer a surprising mirror in which we can examine and learn more about ourselves. Illustrated, concise and readable, this is a fascinating exploration of human origins. “Lively, personal, refreshing, and instructive, this book should be read by anyone interested in their own origins and our extinct relatives.” — Ian Tattersall, author of The Fossil Trail, The Last Neanderthal, and Becoming Human

About this title

From the Back Cover:

"A lively and very personal account of the earliest inhabitants of Europe by the continent’s leading palaeoanthropologist and hominid fossil finder. Arsuaga’s viewpoint comes as a refreshing and instructive contrast to much of the English language literature on the Neanderthals and their relatives. This book should be read by anyone interested in their own origins and our extinct relatives."
—Dr Ian Tattersall, Curator in the Department of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History and author of The Fossil Trail and The Last Neanderthal.

"As an internationally renowned professor of human palaeontology . . . [Arsuaga] certainly knows his stuff, so we get the necessary evolutionary and environmental background to this complex story, all well-told for the general reader."
—New Scientist

About the Author:

Juan Luis Arsuaga is Paleoanthropologist and Professor of Human Paleontology in Madrid, Visiting Professor at the University College of London and co-director of excavations at Sierra de Atapuerca (a World Heritage Site).

About this edition

• Publisher: Four Walls Eight Windows
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1568581874
• ISBN 13: 9781568581873
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320