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The invaders : how humans and their dogs drove Neanderthals to extinction

Shipman, Pat, 1949- author

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\"The Invaders musters compelling evidence to show that the major factor in the Neanderthals' demise was direct competition with newly arriving humans. Drawing on insights from the field of invasion biology, which predicts that the species ecologically closest to the invasive predator will face the greatest competition, Pat Shipman traces the devastating impact of a growing human population: reduction of Neanderthals' geographic range, isolation into small groups, and loss of genetic diversity. But modern humans were not the only invaders who competed with Neanderthals for big game. Shipman reveals fascinating confirmation of humans' partnership with the first domesticated wolf-dogs soon after Neanderthals first began to disappear. This alliance between two predator species, she hypothesizes, made possible an unprecedented degree of success in hunting large Ice Age mammals--a distinct and ultimately decisive advantage for humans over Neanderthals at a time when climate change made both groups vulnerable.\"--Publisher's Web site.

• Publisher: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
• Subject: Human beings Origin. / Human beings Migrations. / Human evolution. / Neanderthals. / Dogs Evolution. / Human-animal relationships History. / Predation (Biology)
• ISBN: 0674975413, 9780674975415

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
GN286.S55 2017	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE