Shipman, Pat

The Invaders

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ISBN 13:
9780674975415
author:
Shipman, Pat
format:
Paperback
publisher:
Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard Universi
language:
English
Publication Year:
2017
Pages:
288
Dimensions:
20.83 x 13.72 x 1.78 centimetres
Genre:
20.83 x 13.72 x 1.78 centimetres, Science, Biology, Ecology,
Condition:
New
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£19.43

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The Invaders: How Humans and Their Dogs Drove Neanderthals to Extinction by Pat Shipman. Approximately 200,000 years ago, as modern humans began to radiate out from their evolutionary birthplace in Africa, Neanderthals were already thriving in Europe. However, when modern humans eventually made their way to Europe 45,000 years ago, Neanderthals suddenly vanished. This event has long puzzled scientists, who have sought to understand why modern humans survived while their closest known relatives went extinct. Anthropologist Pat Shipman offers a comprehensive overview of the rapidly evolving understanding of our own origins in this book. She proposes that the domestication of wolves played a significant role in the triumph of our ancestors over Neanderthals. This provocative theory is supported by genetic and other evidence, which are laid out clearly in the book. For readers interested in the complex relationship between Homo sapiens and Homo neanderthalensis, this book provides an engaging and informative read.

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