Table of Contents

Introduction
1. A Long Underestimated Type of Human
2. The First Europeans: 1 million to 600,000 years ago
3. Defeating the Cold: 600,000 to 250,000 years ago
4. Meet the Neanderthals: 250,000 to 130,000 years ago
5. An End to Isolation: 130,000 to 60,000 years ago
6. Endgame: 60,000 to 25,000 years ago
7. Still With Us?

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About the Author

Dimitra Papagianni is a Palaeolithic and stone tool specialist, who has taught at Cambridge and Oxford. Michael A. Morse is a historian of science with a specialty in the history of British archaeology, and the author of How the Celts Came to Britain.

Reviews

'A beautifully synthesized portrait of a powerful people' - Nature

'[A] compelling and engaging account … Prepare to have your prejudices shattered and your understanding of humanity challenged' - Clive Gamble, University of Southampton

'Excellent and absorbing' - Current World Archaeology