Neanderthals and modern humans : an ecological and evolutionary perspective /

Neanderthals and modern humans : an ecological and evolutionary perspective /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Finlayson, Clive, 1955-
Imprint:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Description:	1 online resource (x, 255 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:	English
Series:	Cambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology ; 38 Cambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology ; 38.
Subject:	Neanderthals. Human evolution. Social evolution. Biological Evolution. Evolution Environment. Hominidae. Human evolution. Neanderthals. Social evolution.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11812361

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ISBN:	0511184646 9780511184642 0511189117 9780511189111 0511186347 9780511186349 0511185472 9780511185472 9780521820875 0521820871 9780511542374 0511542372 9786610449385 6610449384 0521820871 0511187270 9780521121002 0521121000
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-247) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	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 sounded their death-knell.
Other form:	Print version: Finlayson, Clive, 1955- Neanderthals and modern humans. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004 0521820871

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.