{"product_id":"the-last-neanderthal-understanding-how-humans-die-hardback-9781509569588","title":"The Last Neanderthal; Understanding How Humans Die (Hardback) 9781509569588","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Last Neanderthal\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eUnderstanding How Humans Die\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLudovic Slimak (Author), Andrew Brown (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509569588, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 26 September 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e224 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.1 x 16 x 2.8 cm, 0.476 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"A poetic scientist is a rare bird - don't miss this.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDesmond Morris, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Naked Ape\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"What a book! A sparkling detective story, a bonfire of tired paradigms, and a dramatic interrogation of that crucial question: what sort of creatures are we?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharles Foster, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Edges of the World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Immersing yourself in the world of these lost people in \u003ci\u003eThe Last Neanderthal\u003c\/i\u003e is a rare treat.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e Scientist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A major finding\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt’s August 2015. After twenty-five years of archaeological research in a secluded cave overlooking the Rhône Valley in southern France, Ludovic Slimak uncovers the remains of a Neanderthal, frozen in time – a discovery that casts fresh light on a critical turning point in human history. Could these remains belong to one of the last Neanderthals? As scientists from around the world analyze the site, their findings disrupt everything we thought we knew about the final days of these ancient humans. This discovery takes us to the defining threshold when multiple human species, once coexisting in the same world, are wiped from history—leaving \u003ci\u003eHomo sapiens\u003c\/i\u003e as the sole human survivor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSlimak takes the reader on an extraordinary journey of discovery that is both scientific and profoundly human, blending rigorous research with evocative storytelling. This breathtaking exploration of the past not only unearths the lost world of the Neanderthals but forces us to confront the unspoken question: is this how humanity dies?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA compelling narrative spanning millennia, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Neanderthal\u003c\/i\u003e is both a groundbreaking scientific revelation and a profound reflection on the fragility of humanity and the threads that connect us to the distant past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eFirst words\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter I - Unexpected complications on the way to the unthought\u003cbr\u003eBoldly risking a step into the unknown\u003cbr\u003eAnother place, another time?\u003cbr\u003eFrench poems…\u003cbr\u003eWandering through the naves of our thermonuclear cathedrals\u003cbr\u003eNanotechnologies of the first humans\u003cbr\u003eFrom impressionistic dots to thick lines\u003cbr\u003eA thousand millennia of Anatolian transgressions\u003cbr\u003eMythologies of the first modern humans\u003cbr\u003eHuman beings known as shadows\u003cbr\u003eA first contact with inverted values\u003cbr\u003eMaking the best of a bad job\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter II - The last Neanderthal? An improbable encounter\u003cbr\u003eThe last Neanderthal!\u003cbr\u003eThe imaginary realms lying between two worlds\u003cbr\u003eUpside down... Thorin is one hundred and five millennia old!\u003cbr\u003eFrom rivers that unite to rivers that separate\u003cbr\u003eLight beyond the unknown lands\u003cbr\u003eA last Neanderthal, in his place? Touching the unquantifiable\u003cbr\u003eFrom flesh to bone\u003cbr\u003eThe mind in matter and the gaze versus reality\u003cbr\u003eMental processes on the edge of the hole\u003cbr\u003eFor a few centimetres too many\u003cbr\u003eThe first of the last contacts?\u003cbr\u003eThree waves breaking against the intellectual Titanic\u003cbr\u003eGenetic surprises\u003cbr\u003eThe stone ship\u003cbr\u003eGone with the Wind\u003cbr\u003eThe oases of the sea\u003cbr\u003eA simplified world\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter III - How do humans die?\u003cbr\u003eA grammar between two worlds\u003cbr\u003eApology for the stifled\u003cbr\u003eNo one escapes the sphere\u003cbr\u003eMen from the sky and white opossums\u003cbr\u003eThe gods must be crazy\u003cbr\u003eAcculturation and the implosions of the spheres\u003cbr\u003eMen in the trees\u003cbr\u003eThe gods must be crazy 2.0\u003cbr\u003eIn our disordered memories\u003cbr\u003eThe times of extinction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue. This is how humans die\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Archaeology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Archaeology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Archaeology%20%5BHD%5D%22\"\u003eHD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52453548917016,"sku":"9781509569588","price":17.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509569588.jpg?v=1785286272","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-last-neanderthal-understanding-how-humans-die-hardback-9781509569588","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}