The Neanderthals were members of a parallel humanity that evolved in Europe for hundreds of thousands of years. They manufactured stone tools like the Cro-Magnons, the modern humans - with whom they were in direct competition for thousands of years - and they used language. They were human not only because of their place in our evolutionary group but also in the spiritual nature of their beliefs and in their emotions, in their very human minds. The way they lived and the reasons they disappeared fifty thousand years ago offer a surprising mirror in which we can examine and learn more about our no-so-alien lives. In The Neanderthal's Necklace, Juan Luis Arsuaga - Europe's most celebrated paleoanthropologist - displays not only his well-known scientific acuity but also his talents as an engaging teacher and storyteller, giving us a concise and readable description of what we know about who we are and how we came to be so.

The Neanderthal's Necklace: In Search of the First Thinkers

Politics & Social Sciences

Arsuaga, Juan Luis

Anthropology

wiley

The Chosen Species: The Long March of Human Evolution

This engaging book tells the story of human evolution, asking if man is indeed the “chosen species” or merely an evolutionary accident.     Written by world-renowned paleoanthropologists who are co-directors of the excavations at Atapuerca---a World Heritage Site and Europe’s oldest known burial site---where a new human species, homo antecessor, was discovered  Discusses various hypotheses of human evolution, drawing conclusions from verifiable facts and well-founded argument  Offers a compelling narrative written for nonspecialists and students of human evolution  Includes over 60 illustrations  Sold over 100,000 copies in the original Spanish-language edition

Martínez, Ignacio

Wiley/Blackwell

This engaging book tells the story of human evolution, asking if man is indeed the “chosen species” or merely an evolutionary accident. 
<ul> <li>Written by world-renowned paleoanthropologists who are co-directors of the excavations at Atapuerca---a World Heritage Site and Europe’s oldest known burial site---where a new human species, homo antecessor, was discovered 
</li> <li>Discusses various hypotheses of human evolution, drawing conclusions from verifiable facts and well-founded argument 
</li> <li>Offers a compelling narrative written for nonspecialists and students of human evolution 
</li> <li>Includes over 60 illustrations 
</li> <li>Sold over 100,000 copies in the original Spanish-language edition</li> </ul>

Neanderthals are at the center of this compelling narrative by Europe’s leading anthropologist, not because they were our ancestors but because they were not. Members of a parallel humanity that evolved in Europe for hundreds of thousands of years, they were in direct competition with Cro-Magnons — modern humans. The way Neanderthals lived and the reasons why they disappeared 50,000 years ago offer a surprising mirror in which we can examine and learn more about ourselves. Illustrated, concise and readable, this is a fascinating exploration of human origins. “Lively, personal, refreshing, and instructive, this book should be read by anyone interested in their own origins and our extinct relatives.” — Ian Tattersall, author of The Fossil Trail, The Last Neanderthal, and Becoming Human

Science & Math

Biological Sciences

Four Walls, Eight Windows

The Neanderthals provide a surprising mirror for modern-day humanity. They belonged to our evolutionary group and lived like the Cro-Magnons, our ancestors, did — worshipping, socializing, and hunting. The struggle between Neanderthals and Cro-Magnons lasted thousands of years. The Cro-Magnons were not biologically fit for extreme cold weather, but their ingenuity allowed them to settle down, band together, and survive. In this tale of life, death, and the awakening of human awareness, Juan Luis Arsuaga, Spain's most celebrated paleoanthropologist, depicts the dramatic struggle between two clashing species, of which only one survives.

Basic Books

Green Fire doesn't just pose the question of why are we here; it dares to answer it: humans are the thinking incarnation of nature. Along the way, the authors, two of Europe's most celebrated and original thinkers, freewheel through history, touching on the work of Charles Darwin, Rudyard Kipling, Francis Bacon, and even Baron von Munchausen to link the origin of life on Earth with the development of the human brain. In these pages, readers learn how Aristotle and Galileo disagreed, how Queen Christina's clock flummoxed Descartes, and how a jellyfish and an airplane share the same navigational system; you'll even learn the meaning of words like "karst" and "cnidarian." But mostly, readers of Green Fire will enjoy a masterful book that combines scientific rigor with an entertaining narrative to explore the evolution of life on Earth and humankind's place in it.

Green Fire: The Life Force, from the Atom to the Mind

Thunder's Mouth Press

Prehistory is all around us. We just need to know where to look. Juan José Millás has always felt like he doesn't quite fit into human society. Sometimes he wonders if he is even a Homo sapiens at all, or something simpler. Perhaps he is a Neanderthal who somehow survived? So he turns to Juan Luis Arsuaga, one of the world's leading palaeontologists and a super-smart sapiens, to explain why we are the way we are and where we come from. Over the course of many months, the two visit different places, many of them common scenes of our daily lives, and others unique archaeological sites. Arsuaga tries to teach the Neanderthal how to think like a sapiens and, above all, that prehistory is not a thing of the past: that traces of humanity through the millennia can be found anywhere, from a cave or a landscape to a children's playground or a toy shop. Millás and Arsuaga invite you on a journey of wonder that unites scientific discovery with the greatest human invention of all: the art of storytelling.

Life As Told by a Sapiens to a Neanderthal

History

MILLÁS, JUAN JOSÉ

Ancient Civilizations

Scribe US

Vida, la gran historia (Spanish Edition)

Evolution

Planeta Publishing

El ingenio de&nbsp;Millás y la sabiduría de&nbsp;Arsuaga unidos para contar la vida como la mejor de las historias. «-Tú y yo podríamos asociarnos para hablar de la vida; levantaríamos un gran relato sobre la existencia. ¿Lo hacemos? -dijo el escritor. -Lo hacemos -contestó el paleontólogo.» Hace años que el interés por entender la vida, sus orígenes y su evolución resuena en la cabeza de Juan José Millás, de manera que se dispuso a conocer, junto a uno de los mayores especialistas de este país en la materia, Juan Luis Arsuaga, por qué somos como somos y qué nos ha llevado hasta donde estamos. La sabiduría del paleontólogo se combina en este libro con el ingenio y la mirada personal y sorprendente que tiene el escritor sobre la realidad. Porque Millás es un neandertal (o eso dice), y Arsuaga, a sus ojos, un sapiens. Así, a lo largo de muchos meses, los dos visitaron distintos lugares, muchos de ellos escenarios comunes de nuestra vida cotidiana, y otros, emplazamientos únicos donde todavía se pueden ver los vestigios de lo que fuimos, del lugar del que venimos. En esas salidas, que al lector pueden recordarle a las de don Quijote y Sancho, el sapiens trató de enseñar al neandertal cómo pensar como un sapiens y, sobre todo, que la prehistoria no es cosa del pasado: las huellas de la humanidad a través de los milenios se pueden encontrar en cualquier lugar, desde una cueva o un paisaje hasta un parque infantil o una tienda de peluches. Es la vida lo que late en este libro. La mejor de las historias. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION "The ingenuity of Millás and the wisdom of Arsuaga united to tell life as the best of stories. &nbsp; 'You and I could get together to talk about life; we would create a great story about existence. Should we? said the writer. &nbsp; "We should," replied the paleontologist.' &nbsp; For years, the interest in understanding life, its origins, and its evolution has resonated in Juan José Millás' head, so he set out to discover, along with one of the country's leading specialists in the field, Juan Luis Arsuaga, why we are the way we are and what has led us to the place we are. In this book, the wisdom of the paleontologist is combined with the wit and surprising outlook that the writer has on life. Because Millás is a Neanderthal (or so he says), and Arsuaga, in his eyes, a sapiens. Thus, over the course of many months, the two visited different places, many of them common backgrounds of our daily lives, and others, unique locations where you can still see the vestiges of what we were, of the place we came from. During these outings, which may remind the reader of those of Don Quixote and Sancho, the sapiens tried to teach the Neanderthal how to think like a sapiens and, above all, that prehistory is not a thing of the past: the traces of humanity through the millennia can be found anywhere from a cave or landscape to a playground or a stuffed animal store. It is life that beats in this book. The best of stories. "

La vida contada por un sapiens a un neandertal / Life as Told by a Sapiens to a Neanderthal (Spanish Edition)

Alfaguara

Vuelven el sapiens y el neandertal, vuelve «la fiesta de la inteligencia» (David Broncano)\n«En la naturaleza no hay vejez, no hay decrepitud. Solo hay plenitud o muerte».\n«Nos encantaría descubrir que cada especie tiene un reloj biológico en sus células, porque, de existir ese reloj y si fuéramos capaces de dar con él, quizá pudiéramos pararlo y de ese modo volvernos eternos», le plantea Arsuaga a Millás en este libro en el que la ciencia se entrelaza con la literatura. El paleontólogo desvela aspectos esenciales de nuestra existencia al escritor, y se debate sobre la conveniencia de transmitir su visión azarosa de la vida a un Millás a dieta que descubre que la vejez es un país en el que todavía se siente extranjero.\nTras la extraordinaria acogida de La vida contada por un sapiens a un neandertal, el tándem más brillante de la literatura española vuelve a deslumbrar al lector abordando temas como la muerte y la eternidad, la longevidad, la enfermedad, el envejecimiento, la selección natural, la muerte programada y la supervivencia.\nHumor, biología, naturaleza, vida, mucha vida... y dos personajes fascinantes, el sapiens y el neandertal, que nos sorprenden en cada página con sus agudas reflexiones sobre cómo nos ha tratado la evolución como especie. Y también como individuos.\nENGLISH DESCRIPTION\nThe Sapiens and the Neanderthal are back. “The feast of intelligence” (David Broncano) is back.\n“In nature there is no old age, there is no decrepitude. There is only fulfillment or death.”\n“We would love to learn that all species have a biological clock within our cells. Because, if such clock existed, if we were able to find it, maybe we could stop it and, thus, become eternal”, Arsuaga tells Millás in this book, where science intertwines with literature. The paleontologist reveals essential aspects of our existence to the writer, and debates over the advisability of conveying his random insights on life to a dieting Millás, who figures old age is a country he still feels a stranger in.\nAfter the extraordinary welcome that Life as Told by a Sapiens to a Neanderthal had, the most brilliant tandem in Spanish literature dazzles their readers yet again, approaching such issues as death and eternity, longevity, disease, aging, natural selection, programed death, and livelihood.\nHumor, biology, nature, life, plenty of life... and two fascinating characters, the Sapiens and the Neanderthal, both surprising us page after page with their sharp reflections about the way evolution has treated us as a species. And as individuals.

La muerte contada por un sapiens a un neandertal / Death as Told by a Sapiens to a Neanderthal (Spanish Edition)

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The Neanderthal's Necklace: In Search of the First Thinkers

The Chosen Species: The Long March of Human Evolution

The Chosen Species: The Long March of Human Evolution

The Neanderthal's Necklace: In Search of the First Thinkers

The Neanderthal's Necklace: In Search of the First Thinkers

Green Fire: The Life Force, from the Atom to the Mind

Life As Told by a Sapiens to a Neanderthal

Vida, la gran historia (Spanish Edition)

La vida contada por un sapiens a un neandertal / Life as Told by a Sapiens to a Neanderthal (Spanish Edition)

La muerte contada por un sapiens a un neandertal / Death as Told by a Sapiens to a Neanderthal (Spanish Edition)