How to think like a Neandertal

There have been many books, movies, and even TV commercials featuring Neandertals--some serious, some comical. But what was it really like to be a Neandertal? How were their lives similar to or different from ours? In How to Think Like a Neandertal, archaeologist Thomas Wynn and psychologist Frederi...

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Main Author: Wynn, Thomas (-)
Other Authors: Coolidge, Frederick L. (Frederick Lawrence), 1948-
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press c2011.
Edition:1st ed
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Summary:There have been many books, movies, and even TV commercials featuring Neandertals--some serious, some comical. But what was it really like to be a Neandertal? How were their lives similar to or different from ours? In How to Think Like a Neandertal, archaeologist Thomas Wynn and psychologist Frederick L. Coolidge team up to provide a brilliant account of the mental life of Neandertals, drawing on the most recent fossil and archaeological remains. Indeed, some Neandertal remains are not fossilized, allowing scientists to recover samples of their genes--one specimen had the gene for red hair and
Item Description:Description based upon print version of record.
Physical Description:1 online resource (223 p.)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199912339
9781283349109
9786613349101
9780199876631