Winner of the 2015 Society for American Archaeology Book Award, this is a fascinating study of the Neanderthals, informed by the latest scientific developments and discoveries
Michael A. Morse has a PhD in the history of science with a
specialty in the history of British archaeology. He has written on
a variety of subjects including the history of research into the
ancient Celts, the rules of baseball and the Neanderthals.
Dimitra Papagianni trained as a Palaeolithic and stone tool
specialist at Cambridge and wrote her PhD on the Neanderthal sites
of northwestern Greece, the region where she was born. She has
taught for the undergraduate, Masters and continuing education
programs at Southampton, Cambridge, Oxford and Bath.
'A beautifully synthesized portrait of a powerful people … the
first complete chronological narrative of the species from
emergence to extinction … a gem' - Nature
'If you thought you knew about the Neanderthals, think again.
Prepare to have your prejudices shattered and your understanding of
humanity challenged' - Clive Gamble, Professor of Archaeology,
University of Southampton
'Excellent and absorbing' - Current World Archaeology
' Fresh, well-informed and highly recommended … The inspired
pairing of a Palaeolithic expert and a historian of science makes
for compelling reading' - Paul Pettitt, Professor of Archaeology,
Durham University
'A nuanced and sympathetic perspective on these fascinating people’
' - Brian Fagan, Professor Emeritus of Archaeology, University of
California, Santa Barbara
' [Written] with confidence and verve … strikes an excellent
balance between broad popular appeal and satisfyingly rich content'
- Society for American Archaeology
'Has the fresh charm of treating human evolution as a curious story
that leads to the Neanderthals, rather than as a moral tale that
rises ever upward and inevitably to us godlike moderns' - Harper’s
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