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Title: The Last Neanderthal : The Rise, Success, and Mysterious Extinction of Our Closest Human Relatives by Ian Tattersall ISBN: 0-8133-3675-9 Publisher: Westview Press Pub. Date: December, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.6 (10 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Superb Illustrations, Clear Concepts, Outstanding Text
Comment: I'm not a reader who usually pays too much attention to photos and illustrations, but I could recommend "The Last Neanderthal" on that basis alone. There are nearly 150 of them in this 200-page book, some covering an entire page in my oversized edition. Almost all of them are superb. The illustrations are mostly of various fossilized bones and reconstructions. They are not haphazardly thrown throughout the book or tightly grouped in the middle, but introduced when appropriate for the text.
Ian Tattersall's set-up of what is known about Neanderthals is masterful. Most of the first third of the book is about evolution, how fossilization works, and a brief description about what is known of the precursors to both Homo neanderthalensis and Homo sapiens. Tattersall is clearly at home with this material and confident in his presentation of it. He takes his time in this area - even though it has little to directly do with the topic of his book - because one cannot understand Neanderthals unless one has some understanding of other pre-modern humans and the scientific techniques used to understand them.
The set-up is not wasted on a flat ending. When Tattersall finally gets to the Neanderthals, he maintains a high level of interest for the reader by first showing how the scholarly views on Neanderthals have changed so much over the last hundred-fifty years (much more fascinating than it sounds) and then by moving into areas about its evolution and what is known about its lifestyle. He appears to be a fair partisan, pointing out evidence both for and against different sides of the numerous controversial topics on Neanderthals.
Rating: 4
Summary: great intro to current thoughts on neanderthals
Comment: This book was my entry into current theory on neanderthal man and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Very well written, it covered most if not all of my basic questions. The author's biases are clear yet he is seemingly forthwright about opposing views. The language he uses betrays the complexities of conjecture and theory behind many finds, rather than simply laying things out as 'fact'. Many excellent photographs, paintings, etc...
Rating: 5
Summary: the last neanderthal
Comment: Tattersall's book is a must have. It covers all the basics in a compelling style and with particular focus on site locations. The photos and illustrations are as good as those of any "coffee table" book. It is too light on some particular aspects concerning extinction, e.g. hybridization, pelvic ring size, birth/death ratios, and exotic disease resistance, but is superior in descriptions of Neanderthal morphology and environment.
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Title: Extinct Humans by Ian Tattersall, Jeffrey H. Schwartz ISBN: 0813339189 Publisher: Westview Press Pub. Date: December, 2001 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Neanderthal by Paul Jordan ISBN: 0750926767 Publisher: Sutton Publishing Pub. Date: 01 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: In Search of the Neanderthals: Solving the Puzzle of Human Origins by Christopher Stringer, Clive Gamble, Clive Gambee ISBN: 0500278075 Publisher: Thames & Hudson Pub. Date: April, 1995 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Becoming Human: Evolution and Human Uniqueness by Ian Tattersall ISBN: 0156006537 Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: 08 July, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The Dawn of Human Culture by Richard G. Klein ISBN: 0471252522 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 29 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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