The Neanderthal's Necklace - Couverture rigide

Arsuaga, Juan Luis

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0470851570 ISBN 13 : 9780470851579

Editeur : John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2003

Synopsis

The Neanderthals were members of a parallel humanity that evolved in Europe for hundreds of thousands of years. They manufactured stone tools like the Cro--Magnons, the modern humans -- with whom they were in direct competition for thousands of years -- and they used language. They were human not only because of their place in our evolutionary group but also in the spiritual nature of their beliefs and in their emotions, in their very human minds. The way they lived and the reasons they disappeared fifty thousand years ago offer a surprising mirror in which we can examine and learn more about our no--so--alien lives. In The Neanderthala s Necklace, Juan Luis Arsuaga -- Europea s most celebrated paleoanthropologist -- displays not only his well--known scientific acuity but also his talents as an engaging teacher and storyteller, giving us a concise and readable description of what we know about who we are and how we came to be so.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Juan Luis Arsuaga is a Palaeoanthropologist and Professor of Human Palaeontology in Madrid, Visiting Professor at University College, London, and co--director of excavations at Sierra de Atapuerca (a World Heritage Site). Dr Arsuaga's work there and the discovery of Homo antecessor has transformed the history of human evolution and won him the Premio Principe de Asturias in 1997. A member of the American National Academy of Sciences, he is a regular contributor to Nature, Science, and the American Journal of Physical Anthropology, and was editor of the Journal of Human Evolution.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: John Wiley & Sons Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0470851570
• ISBN 13: 9780470851579
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 356
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• Personne responsable: non disponible