5. A Paleontological Perspective on Modern Human Origins

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. Discovery 8
6. 2. Archaeology of the Ancients 29
7. 3. The Abel to Our Cain? Homo neanderthalensis 47
8. 4. Fossil and Recent Homo sapiens 61
9. 5. A Paleontological Perspective on Modern Human Origins 77
10. 6. The Genetics of Modern Human Origins 94
11. 7. Is There Such a Thing as Modern Human Behavior? 107
12. 8. Neandertal and Cro-Magnon Interactions in Europe 132
13. 9. Bioanthropology of the Cro-Magnons 148
14. 10. Slings and Arrows 171
15. 11. Cro-Magnon Art 190
16. 12. Cold Comfort 206
17. Acknowledgments 225
18. Notes 229
19. Bibliography 251
20. Index 265