The Neanderthals
By: Friedemann Schrenk and Stephanie Müller ; in collaboration with Christine Hemm ; translated by Phyllis G. Jestice
Contributors: Müller, Stephanie; Hemm, Christine; Jestice, Phyllis G.
Series: Peoples of the ancient world; Peoples of the ancient world (Routledge (Firm))
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 113
ISBN-13: 9780415425193; 9780415425209; 9780203889664
Work titles: Neandertaler
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-110) and index.
Table of contents: title: The History of the Neanderthal.  Discovery ; The Neanderthal as Object of Scholarly Contention ; The Neanderthal Inspires Scholars ; The Face of the Neanderthals : Reconstruction and Interpretations; title: Out of Africa. Where was the Cradle of Humankind? ; Bipedalism ; The Earliest Humans ; Early Humans Outside of Africa; title: Out of Africa. Where was the Cradle of Humankind? ; Bipedalism ; The Earliest Humans ; Early Humans Outside of Africa ; The Settlement of the "New World" ; The First Europeans' Environment and Habitat ; Fossil Sites of the First Europeans ; Classification of the Finds; title: From Heidelberg Man to the Classic Neanderthal. The Anatomy and Appearance of the First Europeans ; The Neanderthal's Parents ; Early Neanderthals ; Significant Find Sites of the Classic Neanderthals; title: Elderberries, Mammoths, and Spears. The Life and Death of the Neanderthals ; Life Expectancy and Diseases ; Clothing and Jewelry ; Burial Custom or Cult of the Dead? ; The Neanderthals' Social Behavior; title: Encounters with the Modern. Eve Came From Africa ; Modern Humans' Genetic Code ; The Neanderthals' Departure; title: Appendix. Important Fossil Sites of the Early Europeans.