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La emocionante crónica arqueológica de uno de los mayores descubrimientos sobre nuestros antepasados.Tras veinticinco años de excavaciones en una cueva del sur de Francia, Ludovic Slimak descubre los restos de un neandertal conservados intactos en el tiempo. Este hallazgo, analizado por equipos cientificos de todo el mundo, revela un punto de inflexion en la historia de la humanidad y obliga a reescribir los ultimos capitulos de nuestra evolucion. ¿Podrian pertenecer esos huesos a uno de los ultimos neandertales? ¿Que nos dicen sobre la llegada del Homo sapiens a Europa y sobre el destino de nuestros parientes mas cercanos?Narrado en primera persona por el artifice del descubrimiento, El ultimo neandertal combina la emocion de una aventura arqueologica con la profundidad de una reflexion sobre lo que significa ser humano. Entre hallazgos imprevistos y dilemas cientificos, Slimak nos guia por un viaje fascinante a los confines del tiempo, en el que se cruzan la ciencia y la intuicion, la evidencia y el misterio. Un relato apasionante que desafia nuestras certezas y nos enfrenta a una pregunta tan antigua como vigente: ¿es asi como desaparecen los hombres?SobreElneandertal desnudo: Reflexiones que trascienden lo cientifico para tocar el arte, la psicologia, la antropologia, incluso la filosofia. Su idea central es usar a los neandertales como un espejo en el que mirarnos e identificar pulsiones que pueden aniquilarnos.El Pais En este esplendido libro, magnificamente escrito, Slimak nos habla con detalle de ese nivel remoto de la civilizacion, protagonizado por unos hominidos casi tan fascinantes como lo seria una cultura extraterrestre.The Objective Slimak ha dado con la piedra de Rosetta del mundo neandertal. Este libro se propone liberar a esta especie extinta de los prejuicios que le hemos impuesto, y el resultado es un exito rotundo.The New Scientist Este buscador de neandertales ha dado con la pieza que faltaba y que modifica radicalmente nuestra comprension no solo de los neandertales, sino de la propia humanidad.The Observer

Visit any settlement in the land and there will be ancient buildings hidden in plain sight. Behind a Victorian façade is a Tudor house. Underneath a Georgian frontage is a mediaeval cottage. What is now a modern farm may once have been a castle. We know relatively little about the ancient buildings that surround us, yet buildings archaeology can offer us so many clues for discovering secret hidden historic houses. This book looks at the ways in which ancient buildings have been studied and conserved, the puzzling ways that some buildings became listed whereas others were overlooked, and how we can really understand the age and development of a structure. With over a quarter of a century of field experience, James Wright uses case studies drawn from his career to explain the fascinating, enigmatic, and frequently surprising world of The Buildings Archaeologist.

When was Britain last truly wild? And what, if anything, remains? This is the unexpectedly human history of wild Britain. In Wilderlands, archaeologist Eloise Kane unearths 12,000 years of our changing relationship with and influence on the landscape. Through prehistory, Roman occupation, the Middle Ages and beyond, we see the unfamiliar beasts of our old wild make way for species such as brown hare and fallow deer, now romanticised as eternal symbols of the British countryside, but introduced much later than we might think.Places free from our influence havent existed for a very long time. But Eloise Kane invites us to rethink our definition of the wild - not as separate from us. Seen anew as the result of millions of human lives lived, Wilderlands demonstrates how we are integral to the ecology and biodiversity of our land - with the power to shape its future.

A comprehensive, fully illustrated A-Z guide to the English and Welsh parish church, dating from the post Roman period to the present day.Subjects covered include architecture, fitting an furnishings, traditions and customs, ecclesiastical history, and the role of the church in its community.