The Neandertals: Changing the Image of Mankind [Neanderthals]

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6x1x9. First edition. Top page ridge faintly foxed. 1993 Hard Cover. xxii, 454 pp. Includes black-and-white photos and illustrations. To most 19th-century scholars, the Neandertals' fierce, ridged brows were evidence of a moral darkness that set them apart from humans. Yet by the 1970s, the Neandertals were being praised for their apparent compassion. This work reveals how different scientists came to such wildly divergent conclusions.