The Last Neanderthal

The Rise, Success, and Mysterious Extinction of Our Closest Human Relatives

by Ian Tattersall

1996 208 pages eng

Scientists have long known that the popular image of the Neanderthal as a primitive, hairy, heavily browed, club-wielding brute is not supported by the fossil evidence. But to date, no such consensus has existed on the riddle of Neanderthals’ disappearance. The Last Neanderthal, written by one of th…