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LOCATION | CALL # | STATUS | MESSAGE |
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OTTERBEIN MAIN COLLECTION | GN285 .S58 2009 | AVAILABLE |
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OTTERBEIN MAIN COLLECTION | GN285 .S58 2009 | AVAILABLE |
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Table of Contents | ||||||
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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 |
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