Neanderthals and Modern Humans: An Ecological and Evolutionary Perspective (Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology)

Author: Finlayson Clive
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: evolutionary, studies, biological, anthropology, cambridge, perspective, humans, ecological, neanderthals, modern
Number of Pages: 268
Published: 2009-10-01
List price: $36.99
ISBN-10: 0521121000
ISBN-13: 9780521121002

Book Description:

The Neanderthals were a people native to Europe during the Pleistocene period, who became extinct between forty and thirty thousand years ago. Challenging the commonly held view that extinction was caused by the arrival of our ancestors, Clive Finlayson provides evidence that their extinction actually occurred because the Neanderthals could not adapt fast enough to changing ecological and environmental conditions, not their relationship with modern humans.


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