TITLE:
The invaders : how humans and their dogs drove Neanderthals to extinction / Pat Shipman.
Publication Date:
2015
Publication Information:
Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,
Physical Description:
xiii, 266 p. : ill.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"With their large brains, sturdy physique, sophisticated tools, and hunting skills, Neanderthals are the closest known relatives to humans. Approximately 200,000 years ago, as modern humans began to radiate out from their evolutionary birthplace in Africa, Neanderthals were already thriving in Europe, descendants of a much earlier migration of the African genus Homo. But when modern humans eventually made their way to Europe 45,000 years ago, Neanderthals suddenly vanished. Ever since the first Neanderthal bones were identified in 1856, scientists have been vexed by the question, why did modern humans survive while their evolutionary cousins went extinct? ...
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780674736764
