The Neanderthal's Necklace In Search of the First Thinkers

by Arsuaga, Juan Luis; Klatt, Andy

• ISBN13: 9781568583037
• ISBN10: 1568583036
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-03-25
• Publisher: Basic Books

Summary

The Neanderthals provide a surprising mirror for modern-day humanity. They belonged to our evolutionary group and lived like the Cro-Magnons, our ancestors, did worshipping, socializing, and hunting. The struggle between Neanderthals and Cro-Magnons lasted thousands of years. The Cro-Magnons were not biologically fit for extreme cold weather, but their ingenuity allowed them to settle down, band together, and survive. In this tale of life, death, and the awakening of human awareness, Juan Luis Arsuaga, Spain's most celebrated paleoanthropologist, depicts the dramatic struggle between two clashing species, of which only one survives.

Author Biography

Juan Luis Arsuaga is paleoanthropologist and professor of Human Paleontology at the University of Madrid, visiting professor at the University College of London and co-director of excavations at Sierra de Atapuerca (a World Heritage Site). Dr. Arsuaga's work there has won him the Premio Principe de Asturias 1997

Table of Contents

Prologue	p. vii
Shadows of the Past	p. 1
The Solitary Species	p. 3
The Human Paradox	p. 27
The Neanderthals	p. 53
Life in the Ice Age	p. 95
The Animated Forest	p. 97
The Reindeer Are Coming!	p. 123
The Great Extinction	p. 157
The Storytellers	p. 201
A Poisoned Gift	p. 203
Children of the Fire	p. 233
And the World Was Made Transparent	p. 275
Epilogue: Domesticated Man	p. 305
Afterword	p. 315
In Memoriam	p. 317
Acknowledgments	p. 319
Bibliography	p. 321
Index	p. 327
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