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The Naked Neanderthal
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Author : Ludovic Slimak
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2024-02-06
The Naked Neanderthal written by Ludovic Slimak and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-02-06 with Science categories.
A riveting scientific journey exploring the enigma of the Neanderthal and the species’ unique form of intelligence. What do we really know about our cousins, the Neanderthals? For over a century we saw Neanderthals as inferior to Homo Sapiens. More recently, the pendulum swung the other way and they are generally seen as our relatives: not quite human, but similar enough, and still not equal. Now, thanks to an ongoing revolution in palaeoanthropology in which he has played a key part, Ludovic Slimak shows us that they are something altogether different -- and they should be understood on their own terms rather than by comparing them to ourselves. As he reveals in this stunning book, the Neanderthals had their own history, their own rituals, their own customs. Their own intelligence, very different from ours. Slimak has travelled around the world for the past thirty years to uncover who the Neanderthals really were. A modern-day Indiana Jones, he takes us on a fascinating archaeological investigation: from the Arctic Circle to the deep Mediterranean forests, he traces the steps of these enigmatic creatures, working to decipher their real stories through every single detail they left behind. A thought-provoking adventure story, written with wit and verve, The Naked Neanderthal shifts our understanding of deep history -- and in the process reveals just how much we have yet to learn.
The Naked Neanderthal
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Author : Ludovic Slimak
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2023-09-21
The Naked Neanderthal written by Ludovic Slimak and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-09-21 with Social Science categories.
In this acclaimed bestseller, an explorer and Neanderthal hunter takes us on a riveting journey of discovery 'With the style of a poet and imagination of a philosopher, Ludovic Slimak probes the minds of Neanderthals. . . This fun and provocative book is a reminder that we still have a lot to learn about biological intelligence' Steve Brusatte What if we have completely misunderstood who the Neanderthals truly were? For over a century we saw them as inferior to Homo Sapiens. Today, Neanderthals are seen as fully human, different from us only because of their distant cultural traditions. But does the truth lie somewhere else entirely? Neanderthal hunter and paleoanthropologist Ludovic Slimak understands these enigmatic creatures like no one else after studying them for three decades. Taking us on a fascinating archaeological investigation from the Arctic Circle to the deep Mediterranean forests, he traces their steps, deciphering their stories through every single detail they left behind. In this stunning, bold book, he argues that Neanderthals should be understood on their own terms. They had their own history, their own rituals, their own customs. Their own intelligence. A remarkable intelligence, for sure, but an intelligence that may have been very different from ours - although it can still teach us much about ourselves. A thought-provoking detective story, written with wit and verve, The Naked Neanderthal shifts our understanding of deep history - and in the process reveals just how much we have yet to learn.
El Neandertal Desnudo Comprender A La Criatura Humana The Naked Neanderthal
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Author : Ludovic Slimak
language : es
Publisher: Debate
Release Date : 2024-08-20
El Neandertal Desnudo Comprender A La Criatura Humana The Naked Neanderthal written by Ludovic Slimak and has been published by Debate this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-08-20 with History categories.
¿Y si hubiéramos malinterpretado quiénes eran realmente los neandertales? «Slimak ha dado con la piedra Rosetta del mundo neandertal». The New Scientist Durante más de un siglo consideramos a los neandertales inferiores a los Homo sapiens, y en los últimos tiempos pensamos que la diferencia estaba en sus lejanas tradiciones culturales. Pero, ¿cuál es la verdad? Ludovic Slimak, uno de los mayores especialistas mundiales en el estudio de los neandertales, ha seguido incansablemente la pista de lo que él llama la criatura, como si se tratara de un ser misterioso que se atisba a lo lejos, en la bruma. El neandertal desnudo es un riguroso libro de paleoantropología, pero, sobre todo, un cuaderno de viajes que nos sumerge en una apasionante expedición arqueológica desde las extensiones heladas del Círculo Polar Ártico hasta los profundos bosques mediterráneos. También es un fascinante relato de treinta años de investigaciones, búsquedas, excavaciones y trabajo de campo. Cada yacimiento encontrado tiene una historia que contar. Y al encontrarse cara a cara con el hombre neandertal, Slimak descubre a un ser sorprendente cuya verdadera naturaleza parece habérsenos escapado por completo. ¿Tan inconcebible nos resulta una inteligencia divergente de la nuestra? Slimak vuelca en este libro sus asombrosos descubrimientos y una visión inquietante que cuestiona drásticamente nuestras creencias sobre los neandertales, la forma en que los concebimos y las razones de su asombrosa extinción. Por medio de una imagen renovada de la especie, nos muestra hasta qué punto nuestros prejuicios nos han impedido valorar sus logros, una ceguera que él relaciona convincentemente con las formas modernas de racismo. Nos revela sus descubrimientos con emoción, sentido del humor y gran pulso narrativo, y nos enfrenta de lleno a nuestras fantasías y proyecciones sobre esta humanidad extinguida. Su hallazgo es el neandertal. Pero de esta mirada cruzada a través de los milenios emerge también un inesperado retrato de nosotros mismos. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION A riveting scientific journey exploring the enigma of the Neanderthal and the species' unique form of intelligence. What do we really know about our cousins, the Neanderthals? What if we had misjudged who Neanderthals really were? For over a century we saw Neanderthals as inferior to Homo Sapiens. More recently, the pendulum swung the other way and they are generally seen as our relatives: not quite human, but similar enough, and still not equal. Now, thanks to an ongoing revolution in paleoanthropology in which he has played a key part, Ludovic Slimak shows us that they are something altogether different -- and they should be understood on their own terms rather than by comparing them to ourselves. As he reveals in this stunning book, the Neanderthals had their own history, their own rituals, their own customs. Their own intelligence, very different from ours.
Neanderthal
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Author : John Darnton
language : en
Publisher: Open Road Media
Release Date : 2014-10-21
Neanderthal written by John Darnton and has been published by Open Road Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-21 with Fiction categories.
When a paleoanthropologist mysteriously disappears in the remote upper regions of the Pamir Mountains in Tajikistan, two of his former students, once lovers and now competitors, set off in search of him. Along the way, they make an astounding discovery: a remnant band of Neanderthals, the ancient rivals to Homo sapiens, live on. The shocking find sparks a struggle that replays a conflict from thirty thousand years ago and delves into the heart of modern humanity.
Neanderthal Man
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Author : Svante Pääbo
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2014-02-11
Neanderthal Man written by Svante Pääbo and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-11 with Science categories.
A preeminent geneticist, winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in medicine, hunts the Neanderthal and Denisovan genomes to answer the biggest question of them all: how did our ancestors become human? Neanderthal Man tells the riveting personal and scientific story of the quest to use ancient DNA to unlock the secrets of human evolution. Beginning with the study of DNA in Egyptian mummies in the early 1980s and culminating in the sequencing of the Neanderthal genome in 2010, Neanderthal Man describes the events, intrigues, failures, and triumphs of these scientifically rich years through the lens of the pioneer and inventor of the field of ancient DNA, Svante Pääbo. We learn that Neanderthal genes offer a unique window into the lives of our ancient relatives and may hold the key to unlocking the mysteries of where language came from as well as why humans survived while Neanderthals went extinct. Pääbo redrew our family tree and permanently changed the way we think about who we are and how we got here. For readers of Richard Dawkins, David Reich, and Hope Jahren, Neanderthal Man is the must-read account of how he did it.
Kindred
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Author : Rebecca Wragg Sykes
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2020-08-20
Kindred written by Rebecca Wragg Sykes and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-20 with Social Science categories.
** WINNER OF THE PEN HESSELL-TILTMAN PRIZE 2021 ** 'Beautiful, evocative, authoritative.' Professor Brian Cox 'Important reading not just for anyone interested in these ancient cousins of ours, but also for anyone interested in humanity.' Yuval Noah Harari Kindred is the definitive guide to the Neanderthals. Since their discovery more than 160 years ago, Neanderthals have metamorphosed from the losers of the human family tree to A-list hominins. Rebecca Wragg Sykes uses her experience at the cutting edge of Palaeolithic research to share our new understanding of Neanderthals, shoving aside clichés of rag-clad brutes in an icy wasteland. She reveals them to be curious, clever connoisseurs of their world, technologically inventive and ecologically adaptable. Above all, they were successful survivors for more than 300,000 years, during times of massive climatic upheaval. Much of what defines us was also in Neanderthals, and their DNA is still inside us. Planning, co-operation, altruism, craftsmanship, aesthetic sense, imagination, perhaps even a desire for transcendence beyond mortality. Kindred does for Neanderthals what Sapiens did for us, revealing a deeper, more nuanced story where humanity itself is our ancient, shared inheritance.
The Neanderthal Book And Skeleton
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Author : Stephen Cumbaa
language : en
Publisher: Somerville House, USA
Release Date : 1998-12-01
The Neanderthal Book And Skeleton written by Stephen Cumbaa and has been published by Somerville House, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-12-01 with neanderthals- juvenile non-fiction, prehistory, bones categories.
The Neanderthals Rediscovered
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Author : Dimitra Papagianni
language : en
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Release Date : 2015-09-02
The Neanderthals Rediscovered written by Dimitra Papagianni and has been published by Thames & Hudson this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-02 with History categories.
For too long the Neanderthals have been seen as evolutionary dead-ends but advances in DNA technologies have forced a reassessment of their place in our own past. This extensively illustrated book looks at the Neanderthals from their evolution in Europe to their expansion to Siberia and their subsequent extinction. It turns out that the Neanderthals' behaviour was surprisingly modern so what caused their extinction? This is one of many mysteries that we are closer to solving. They evolved in Europe in parallel to the Homo Sapiens line evolving in Africa. When both species made their first moves into Asia, the Neanderthals may even have had the upper hand. The superiority of Homo sapiens suddenly seems less obvious or inevitable.
The Smart Neanderthal
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Author : Clive Finlayson
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2019-02-15
The Smart Neanderthal written by Clive Finlayson and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-02-15 with Social Science categories.
Since the late 1980s the dominant theory of human origins has been that a 'cognitive revolution' (C.50,000 years ago) led to the advent of our species, Homo sapiens. As a result of this revolution our species spread and eventually replaced all existing archaic Homo species, ultimately leading to the superiority of modern humans. Or so we thought. As Clive Finlayson explains, the latest advances in genetics prove that there was significant interbreeding between Modern Humans and the Neanderthals. All non-Africans today carry some Neanderthal genes. We have also discovered aspects of Neanderthal behaviour that indicate that they were not cognitively inferior to modern humans, as we once thought, and in fact had their own rituals and art. Finlayson, who is at the forefront of this research, recounts the discoveries of his team, providing evidence that Neanderthals caught birds of prey, and used their feathers for symbolic purposes. There is also evidence that Neanderthals practised other forms of art, as the recently discovered engravings in Gorham's Cave Gibraltar indicate. Linking all the recent evidence, The Smart Neanderthal casts a new light on the Neanderthals and the 'Cognitive Revolution'. Finlayson argues that there was no revolution and, instead, modern behaviour arose gradually and independently among different populations of Modern Humans and Neanderthals. Some practices were even adopted by Modern Humans from the Neanderthals. Finlayson overturns classic narratives of human origins, and raises important questions about who we really are.
Neanderthal
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Author : John Darnton
language : en
Publisher: Saint Martin's Paperbacks
Release Date : 1997-05-01
Neanderthal written by John Darnton and has been published by Saint Martin's Paperbacks this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-05-01 with Neanderthals categories.
Twee jonge paleontologen gaan op zoek naar hun verdwenen professor, die in Rusland sporen van nog levende Neanderthalers zou hebben gevonden.