About the Book: Neanderthals Among Us
Why are we so obsessed with a group of archaic humans who disappeared 40, 000
years ago?
A rich and thorough study of Neanderthals as they existed not in prehistory but
in our modern imagination. Angela Saini, author of Superior
Brutish ancestor or noble cousin, stupid ape-man or compassionate kinsman,
vanquished species or relict survivor… Ever since the discovery of the first
Neanderthal fossils in 1856, we have struggled to make sense of our Palaeolithic
double, just as we have used them to reflect on ourselves. Neanderthals Among Us
brings together an accessible history of how we