Updating Neanderthals: Understanding Behavioural Complexity in the Late Middle Palaeolithic

— —

Francesca Romagnoli (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain) Florent Rivals (Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social, Tarragona, Spain)

Updating Neanderthals

Understanding Behavioural Complexity in the Late Middle Palaeolithic

Francesca Romagnoli (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain), Florent Rivals (Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social, Tarragona, Spain), Stefano Benazzi (Department of Cultural Heritage, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy)

$283.95

Paperback

Not in-store but you can order this
How long will it take?

Availability Information

We source books from suppliers in Australia and overseas. For books we don't currently have in stock, the time it takes to get them from our suppliers can vary widely - from a few days to a few months - so we check each book with each supplier to determine the expected time it will take to be supplied to us.

We then advise you accordingly. If the time taken to get any book is too long for you, you can let us know and we will cancel or adjust your order, and refund as required.

To find out the anticipated arrival time for specific items prior to ordering, please contact us by phone or email:

Phone +61 2 9264 3111, or 1800 4 BOOKS (1800 4 26657) if outside Sydney:
option 1 Abbey's Bookshop (Crime, History, Science, Kids & more) • info@abbeys.com.au
option 2 Language Book Centre (ESL & Foreign Languages) • language@abbeys.com.au
option 3 Galaxy Bookshop (Sci-fi, Fantasy, Romance, Graphic Novels) • sf@galaxybooks.com.au

QTY:

English

Academic Press Inc
01 July 2022

Life sciences: general issues; Animal breeding

Updating Neanderthals: Understanding Behavioral Complexity in the Late Middle Paleolithic provides comprehensive knowledge on Neanderthals who lived throughout the European and Asian continents. The book synthesizes historical information about the study of Middle Paleolithic populations and presents current debates about their genetics, subsistence, technology, social and cognitive behaviors. It focuses on the last phase of Neanderthal settlements and presents the main patterns of modern humans across Europe. Written by international experts on the Middle Paleolithic who have conducted innovative studies in the last three decades, this book explores the implications of interactions between different human species, including Neanderthals, Denisovans and Sapiens.

In addition, the book discusses the diversity and variability of human adaptations and behaviors in the changing climate and environment of the Late Pleistocene, and the relationship between these behaviors, demography and cognitive capabilities.

Edited by: Francesca Romagnoli (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Madrid Spain), Florent Rivals (Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social, Tarragona, Spain), Stefano Benazzi (Department of Cultural Heritage, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy)
Imprint: Academic Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 276mm, Width: 216mm,
Weight: 1.090kg
ISBN: 9780128214282
ISBN 10: 0128214287
Pages: 382
Publication Date: 01 July 2022
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Francesca Romagnoli, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain. She is specialized in the study of Neanderthal socio-economy. Her research is aimed at understanding adaptations and diversity of cultural behaviors in European Neanderthals, with a special focus in coastal adaptations. She has published innovative research on Neanderthal shell technology, site formation processes, and the relationships between human mobility, technological costs, and stone tool resources. Florent Rivals, PhD, ICREA is a Research Professor at the Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social, Tarragona, Spain. He is specialized in the study of Neanderthal paleoecology. His research focuses on the impact of climate-driven environmental changes on humans, and Neanderthals in particular. He has published significant papers aimed to reconstruct ancient environments, tracking shifts related to climatic changes, and understanding hominin behavioral strategies in different ecological settings. Stefano Benazzi, PhD, is a Full Professor at the University of Bologna, Department of Cultural Heritage, in Bologna, Italy. He is specialized in the study of Neanderthal skeletal morphology. His research is aimed at understanding the time and mode of the biological and cultural shifts that led to the demise of the autochthonous Neanderthals and their replacement by modern humans. He has published significant papers aimed to assess the taxonomical affiliation of isolated human teeth, to evaluate Neanderthal and modern human morphological variability, and to track the earliest arrival of modern humans in Europe.

Reviews for Updating Neanderthals: Understanding Behavioural Complexity in the Late Middle Palaeolithic

"""Well written and nicely illustrated by a large collection of specialists, and the book is a useful and timely addition to the technical literature."" --Quarterly Review of Biology"