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Neanderthals and modern humans : an ecological and evolutionary perspective /

Why did the Neanderthals go extinct? Were they just out-competed by our own ancestors? This book provides compelling evidence that populations of both species existed side by side for some time, and that it was the Neanderthals' failure to adapt fast enough to changing climatic conditions that...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Finlayson, Clive, 1955-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Series:Cambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology ; 38.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Human evolution in the Pleistocene
  • Biogeographical patterns
  • Human range expansions, contractions and extinctions
  • The modern human : Neanderthal problem
  • Comparative behaviour and ecology of Neanderthals and modern humans
  • The conditions in Africa and Eurasia during the last glacial cycle
  • The modern human colonisation and the Neanderthal extinction
  • The survival of the weakest.