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Neanderthals and Modern Humans: An Ecological and Evolutionary Perspective

By Clive Finlayson

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2004
ISBN
0521820871, 9780521820875, 9780511184642
Open Library ID
OL22579438M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1853725 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology
Edition
1
Pages
266\268
Topic
Biology Ecology
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-04-20 14:05:05

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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