Café Neandertal: Excavating Our Past in One of Europe's Most Ancient Places
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| Rating | : | 4.14 (955 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1619026104 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-07-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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In Café Neandertal, Bahrami follows this compelling riddle along a path populated with colorful local personalities and archaeologists working in remote and fascinating places across Eurasia, all the while maintaining a firm foothold in the Dordogne, a region celebrated by the local tourist office as a vacation destination for 400,000 years. Café Neandertal pulls us deeply into the complex mystery of the Neandertals, shedding a surprising light on what it means to be human.. Who were the Neandertals? Why did they disappear around 35,000 years ago? And more mysteriously, what connections do they share with us moderns? Neck-deep in Neanderthal dirt, Bahrami takes us to the front row of the heated debates about our long-lost cousins. "Award-winning writer Bahrami is a delightful guide in this thoroughly enjoyable look into the research and recovery of a group of Neandertal remains in the French Dordogne region." ––Booklist, Starred Review Centered in the Dordogne region of southwestern France, one of Europe’s most concentrated regions for Neandertal and early modern human occupations, writer Beebe Bahrami follows and participates in the work of archaeologists who are doing some of the most comprehensive and global work to date on the research, exploration, and recovery of our ancient ances
A wonderful book about what we do and don't know about AB A wonderful book about what we do and don't know about the Neandertals, with an emphasis on current efforts to apply rigorous scientific principles to the effort of understanding who they were, and how they are related to us. I was particularly interested in the descriptions of how our human self ima. "Four Stars" according to John Ferkan. she has a rich detailed writing style. Four Stars walter l. wallace jr. Excellent service and product.
beebebahrami.weebly. She has written two travel apps, The Esoteric Camino France and Spain and Madrid Walks, and maintains two blogs, Café Oc, on life in the Dordogne, and The Pilgrim’s Way Café, dedicated to exploring the world on foot. Her work has appeared in Archaeology, Wine Enthusiast, Bark, The Pennsylvania Gazette, <
Bahrami has written a very readable book, blending personal travel experience and history in a relatively off-the-radar swath of France. With a background in archaeology, she is certainly qualified, but her wide interests in travel, memoir, food, wine, and more make this exceedingly engaging title more like a French version of Under the Tuscan Sun (1996) with an origins-of-humanity spin than the expected scholarly tome Highly recommended for archaeology and prehistory buffs and armchair travelers." Booklist Starred Review "Written with all the flair and enthusiasm of an experienced writer eager to share her love of her subject." Kirkus Reviews "Ms. "Award-winning writer Bahrami is a delightful guide in this thoroughly enjoyable look into the research and recovery of a group of Neandertal rema