num_pages: 444
description: Neanderthals have developed a radically different civilization on a parallel Earth. A Neanderthal physicist, Ponter Boddit, accidentally passes from his universe into a Canadian underground research facility. Fortunately, a team of human scientists, including expert paleo-anthropologist Mary Vaughan, promptly identifies and warmly receives Ponter. Solving the language problem and much else is a mini-computer, called a Companion, implanted in the brain of every Neanderthal. A computerized guardian spirit, however, doesn't eliminate cross-cultural confusion; permanent male-female sexuality, rape, and overpopulation are all alien to Ponter. Nor can it help his housemate and fellow scientist back in his world, Adikor Huld, when the authorities charge Adikor with his murder.
language: English
title: Hominids
titlecomplete: Hominids (Neanderthal Parallax, #1)
genres: Fantasy, Speculative Fiction, Alternate History, Alternate Universe, Science Fiction Fantasy, Audiobook, Fiction, Science Fiction, Canada, Hugo Awards
ratings_count: 12714
places: Toronto, Ontario
series: Neanderthal Parallax
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Hugo Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Gaylactic Spectrum Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: John W. Campbell Memorial Award
category: Best Science Fiction Novel
publisher: Tor Science Fiction