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Neanderthals: The Complete Story of Our Extinct Human Relatives. Daily Life, Survival, and the Fall of Another Humanity

by Civitas Ratio
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9798199879941
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Independently Published
  • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published
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  • Pages: 126
  • Original Price: GBP 11.11
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 177 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Archaeology

Who were the Neanderthals, really?

For more than a century, they were portrayed as brutish, primitive, and barely human. Today, archaeology, genetics, and paleoanthropology reveal a far more complex story.

Neanderthals takes you inside the world of our extinct human relatives through the latest scientific discoveries, turning fossils, ancient DNA, stone tools, and archaeological sites into a vivid and deeply human portrait of a vanished humanity.

From the frozen plains of Ice Age Europe to the caves of the Caucasus, from mammoth hunts to the mystery of language, this book explores the daily lives of the Neanderthals with a style that is both scientifically grounded and highly accessible.

Inside, you'll discover:

  • How the Neanderthals emerged and adapted to the harsh environments of Ice Age Eurasia
  • What they really looked like, how powerful they were, and how their bodies and brains functioned
  • What modern science reveals about their voice, language, and the FOXP2 gene
  • How they lived day to day: hunting, fire, tools, clothing, injuries, children, and survival
  • Why the Pleistocene was far more unstable and dangerous than most people imagine
  • What ancient DNA reveals about encounters between Neanderthals and Homo sapiens
  • Whether they used symbols, ornaments, rituals, or forms of spirituality
  • Why they disappeared - and how part of their genetic legacy still survives within us today

The book also explores some of the most debated questions in modern paleoanthropology, including symbolic behavior, care for the sick and elderly, cultural transmission, language, interbreeding, and the long relationship between Neanderthals and Homo sapiens.

Drawing from modern genetic research, archaeology, and paleoanthropological studies, Neanderthals clearly separates established evidence from plausible hypotheses and speculation, avoiding sensationalism and pseudoscience.

A compelling exploration of the daily life, survival, intelligence, and disappearance of one of the most fascinating human populations ever to exist.

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