The Neanderthals Rediscovered: How Modern Science is Rewriting Their Story
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a=above; b=below; l=left; r=right
2 S. Plailly/E. Daynès/Science Photo Library; 16 Illustrated London News, 1863; 17l Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.; 17r from Thomas Huxley, Man’s Place in Nature, 1863; 19 S. Pietrek/Neanderthal Museum, Mettmann; 31 American Museum of Natural History, New York; 37 after Parés and Pérez-Gonzalez, The Pleistocene Site of Gran Dolina, Journal of Human Evolution 37, 317; 40 Javier Trueba/MSF/Science Photo Library; 42 Natural History Museum, London/Science Photo Library; 45 courtesy Nick Ashton, British Museum and Ancient Human Occupation of Britain Project/photo: Peter Hoare; 50a Peter Bull Art Studio © Thames & Hudson Ltd, London; 50b after M. Roberts 1986 and J. Wymer 1982; 54 John Sibbick/Natural History Museum, London/Science Photo Library; 60 Natural History Museum, London; 65 P. Plailly/E. Daynès/Science Photo Library; 66–67 Kenneth Garrett; 68a Javier Trueba/MSF/Science Photo Library; 68b John Reader/Science Photo Library; 69l, 69r Javier Trueba/MSF/Science Photo Library; 70–71 Kenneth Garrett; 72 Matt Pope; 79 after M. Boule, L’Homme fossile de la Chapelle-aux-Saints, Annales de Paléontologie, 1911–13; 81 after P. Callow and J. M. Cornford, 1986; 86l Peter Bull Art Studio © Thames & Hudson Ltd, London; 86r, 87, 92 Dimitra Papagianni; 94 Wil Roebroeks; 95 Dimitra Papagianni; 101 Brian C. Weed/Dreamstime.com; 107 The Palestine Exploration Fund, London; 108 Dimitra Papagianni; 112 Pascal Goetgheluck/Science Photo Library; 113 American Museum of Natural History, New York; 116 drawing Rob Read; 126 Michael A. Morse; 128 after E. Trinkaus, 1983; 129 Shanidar Cave, Kurdistan; 131 Anthropological Collection, Tel Aviv University; 137 Kenneth Garrett; 138 S. Plailly/E. Daynès/Science Photo Library; 139a courtesy Christopher Henshilwood; 139b Cave of El Castillo, Cantabria; 140 P. Plailly/E. Daynès/Science Photo Library; 141a Kenneth Garrett; 141b John Reader/Science Photo Library; 142 courtesy Antonio Rosas/photo: Javier Fortea; 143a Volger Steger/Science Photo Library; 143b Antonio Rosas; 144a H. Neumann/ Neanderthal Museum, Mettmann; 144b ITV Global/The Kobal Collection; 146 Javier Trueba/MSF/Science Photo Library; 147 Antonio Rosas; 149 Ivor Karavanić; 150 after Giovanni Caselli; 156 Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen; 160 Ivor Karavanić; 162(a–c and g–h) courtesy Mircea Anghelinu/drawing Florian Dumitru; 162(d–f) Peter Bull Art Studio © Thames & Hudson Ltd, London; 164 Natural History Museum, London; 167 NASA Landsat; 175 National Museum, Prague; 176 João Zilhão, ICREA Research Professor, University of Barcelona; 181 Andrew Grossman/Science Faction/SuperStock; 183 Illustrated London News, 1909; 186 ICC/Cine-Trail/The Kobal Collection; 189 courtesy Robert J. Sawyer/photo Carolyn Clink; 192 Celje Regional Museum; 194 after Carleton Coon, 1939; 197 H. Neumann/Neanderthal Museum, Mettmann. Maps pp. 25, 49, 75, 104, 134–35 ML Design.
Index
All page numbers refer to the 2015 print edition.
Page numbers in italic refer to illustrations.
Abbeville 31, 31, 88
absolute dating 109, 110, 111, 113; see also carbon dating
Acheulian 32, 85, 90
Aiello, Leslie 28
Allen, Joel Asaph 150
Amud 70–71, 104, 109, 111, 113, 115, 128, 131, 1
31
anatomy 12, 44, 51, 57, 117, 118, 148, 198; comparative 57, 62, 150, 164
Ancient Human Occupation of Britain project 79
Andel, Tjeerd van 126, 172
animal species: bear 37, 55, 121, 174, 187, 191; bison 12, 37, 43, 52, 81, 82, 121, 152; chimpanzee 17, 18, 100–1, 101, 172; deer 12, 43, 52, 115, 116, 138, 152, 153; dog 46; dolphin 153; elephant 25, 31, 43, 52, 53, 85, 173; fox 56, 173; goat 130; hippopotamus 31, 37, 43, 105; horse 12, 48, 52, 53, 82, 152, 173; hyena 37, 52, 130; ibex 130, 153; leopard 173; lion 53, 56; lynx 37; mammoth 12, 43, 73, 80, 81, 82, 121, 152, 173; marten 173; Merck’s rhinoceros 121, 173; monk seal 153; rabbit 153; reindeer 82, 152, 173; rhinoceros 29, 31, 37, 43, 48, 52, 53, 73, 80, 82, 85, 116, 173; sabre-toothed cat 37; sheep 62, 130; tiger 31; tortoise 153; vole 26, 43, 44; weasel 173; wolf 52, 53, 56, 173, 174; wolverine 173
animals, driving over cliff 53, 73, 80–82
antler 50, 92, 93, 116, 156
Arabian Peninsula 120, 157, 158
Arago 49, 62
Arcy-sur-Cure 134, 162, 163
Armstrong, Sir William 16, 17, 22–23
Arsuaga, Juan Luis 36, 55, 76
art 154–56; cave 7, 120, 154–55, 168, 196; portable 155, 156; see also figurines and symbolism
arthritis 121, 141, 183
Asimov, Isaac 185, 188, 189
Atapuerca 15, 25, 25, 32, 36–38, 42, 45, 46, 51, 56, 68, 86, 105, 121, 196; see also Gran Dolina; Sima del Elefante; Sima de los Huesos
Aterian 118
Auel, Jean M. 128, 144, 185–86, 188, 191–92
Aurignac 134
Aurignacian 154–65, 174, 175, 176, 178
Australia 119, 158, 169
Bab-el-Mandeb 157
Bächler, Emil 191
Bacho Kiro Cave 135, 158
Bailey, Geoff 126
barbecuing 80, 82
Bar-Yosef, Ofer 108, 111, 115
Bates, Martin 82
Baxter, Stephen 190
behaviour 12–13, 15, 17, 58, 73–75, 82, 105, 118, 119, 122, 128, 139, 153–57, 168, 180, 183, 198; see also symbolism
Bergmann, Christian 150
Bilzingsleben 49, 63–64, 86, 198