Die Neandertaler

by Stephanie Müller, Friedemann Schrenk

2006 - 150 jähriges Jubiläum der Entdeckung des Neandertalers
Anläßlich des 150 ährigen Jubiläums der Entdeckung des Neandertalers werden im Jahr 2006 zahlreiche große Sonderausstellungen gezeigt. In diesem Buch findet sich alles, was man über den Neandertaler wissen muß.

Genres: Science, Nonfiction, Biology, Anthropology, Archaeology, History, Evolution

127 pages, Paperback

Published September 1, 2010

Reviews

[Charlotte · Rating 4 out of 5]

A brilliant introductory text on the Neanderthal and, as a slim volume, a quick read. However, there are no citations and this lets the book down.

[Siri Olsen · Rating 2 out of 5]

The Neanderthals presents the history of scientific research into Neanderthals, from the first discoveries at the beginning of the 19th century up to the present day (or, at least, up to the book's publication year). The book contains descriptions of the current state of knowledge on Neanderthal origins, biology, technology, and cultural adaptation/behaviour. The book does a credible job, but I must say that I find it difficult to accurately judge the quality of the book based on the English translation I had access to, as the translation is not the best. The text is full of grammatical errors and weird formulations, which weigh down the language considerably and hinders an easy reading experience. In addition, and I don't know whether to blame the authors or the translator for this, but there were several passages containing what I can only describe as unfortunately phrased comments about behavioural modernity, which in many instances came across as offensive. Again, I don't know who to blame for this, but I sincerely hope that those comments were not the original intended meaning from the side of the authors.

[Alexcanislupus · Rating 3 out of 5]

3,5

[Nate · Rating 2 out of 5]

Short and very general but a good place to start if you are interested in the topic.