The Humans Who Went Extinct
Why Neanderthals died out and we survived
(Sprache: Englisch)
Neanderthals - no less than another kind of human - almost made it, finally dying out just 28,000 years ago. What caused us to survive while they went extinct? Ecology holds the clues, argues Clive Finlayson. It comes down to climate change and chance....
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Neanderthals - no less than another kind of human - almost made it, finally dying out just 28,000 years ago. What caused us to survive while they went extinct? Ecology holds the clues, argues Clive Finlayson. It comes down to climate change and chance. There was little in it, and things could have turned out quite differently.
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Neanderthals - no less than another kind of human - almost made it, finally dying out just 28,000 years ago. What caused us to survive while they went extinct? Ecology holds the clues, argues Clive Finlayson. It comes down to climate change and chance. There was little in it, and things could have turned out quite differently.Target group: readers of popular science and history
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „The Humans Who Went Extinct “
1. The road to extinction is paved with good intentions; 2. Once we were not alone; 3. Failed experiments; 4. Stick to what you know best; 5. Being in the right place at the right time; 6. If only..; 7. Africa in Europe - a Mediterranean Serengeti; 8. One small step for Man..; 9. Forever opportunists; 10. The pawn turned player; Epilogue: Children of Chance; Endnotes
Autoren-Porträt von Clive Finlayson
Clive Finlayson is a noted expert on the Neanderthals and has been researching their final stand in Gibraltar. He is Director of the Gibraltar Museum and Adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto, having trained in Oxford as an evolutionary ecologist.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Clive Finlayson
- 2009, 273 Seiten, 5 Schwarz-Weiß-Abbildungen, Maße: 14,5 x 22,1 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- ISBN-10: 0199239185
- ISBN-13: 9780199239184
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Englisch
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