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Author	Shrenk, Friedemann.
Title	Neandertaler. English
	The Neanderthals / Friedemann Schrenk and Stephanie Müller ; in collaboration with Christine Hemm ; translated by Phyllis G. Jestice.
Imprint	London ; New York : Routledge, 2009.

LOCATION	CALL #	STATUS	MESSAGE
OTTERBEIN MAIN COLLECTION	GN285 .S58 2009	AVAILABLE

Table of Contents
1	The history of the Neanderthal	1
	Discovery	1
	The Neanderthal as object of scholarly contention	6
	The Neanderthal inspires scholars	9
	The face of the Neanderthals - reconstruction and interpretations	12
2	Out of Africa	23
	Where was the cradle of humankind?	23
	Bipedalism	28
	The earliest humans	29
	Early humans outside of Africa	33
3	The settlement of the "new world"	37
	The first Europeans' environment and habitat	37
	Fossil sites of the first Europeans	46
	Classification of the finds	48
4	From Heidelberg Man to the classic Neanderthal	51
	The anatomy and appearance of the first Europeans	51
	The Neanderthals' parents	58
	Early Neanderthals	63
	Significant find sites of the classic Neanderthals	64
5	Elderberries, mammoths, and spears	73
	The life and death of the Neanderthals	73
	Life expectancy and diseases	81
	Clothing and jewelry	83
	Burial custom or cult of the dead?	86
	The Neanderthals' social behavior	88
6	Encounters with the modern	91
	Eve came from Africa	91
	Modern humans' genetic code	95
	The Neanderthals' departure	100
	Appendix	107
	Further reading	109
	Index	111

Description	x, 113 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Series	Peoples of the ancient world.
	Peoples of the ancient world (Routledge (Firm))
Bibliography Note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-110) and index.
Subject	Neanderthals.
Alt Name	Müller, Stephanie.
	Hemm, Christine.
ISBN	9780415425193 (hardback : alk. paper)
	0415425190 (hardback : alk. paper)
	9780415425209 (pbk. : alk. paper)
	0415425204 (pbk. : alk. paper)
	9780203889664 (e-book)
	0203889665 (e-book)
OCLC #	225533327