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40,000 years in the past, the last family of Neanderthals roams the earth. After a crushingly hard winter, their numbers are low, but Girl, the oldest daughter, is just coming of age and her family is determined to travel to the annual meeting place and find her a mate.But the unforgiving landscape takes its toll, and Girl is left alone to care for Runt, a foundling of unknown origin. As Girl and Runt face the coming winter storms, Girl realizes she...
3) The last Neanderthal: the rise, success, and mysterious extinction of our closest human relatives
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Macmillan, USA
Pub. Date
1995
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English
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English
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How did the Neanderthals, the "Abli", really die off? Did the ancient "Khayni" have a hand in this? Travel back now to witness the last encounter and attempt to save the last Neanderthal. What was special about this prophet who tried to stop the slaughter tens of thousands of years before? Did his travels--through flame--bring him to just beyond the modern day? What is special about the young modern boy, Ben, who bragged to friends of his ability...
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As Escape from Extinction opens, the last Neanderthal dies in a cave on the Iberian Peninsula. 30,000 years later, the naturalist Muir O'Brien, hunting deep in the Oregon wilderness, spots a fern believed to be extinct since the end of the last ice age. His discovery leads to a life-changing encounter with the visionary and narcissistic Leo Bonelli, founder of the world's most successful biotech company. Despite misgivings, Muir and his daughter,...
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Vector Books LLC
Pub. Date
c2020.
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English
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"As Escape from Extinction opens, the last Neanderthal dies in a cave on the Iberian Peninsula. 30,000 years later, the naturalist Muir O'Brien, hunting deep in the Oregon wilderness, spots a fern believed to be extinct since the end of the last ice age. His discovery leads to a life-changing encounter with the visionary and narcissistic Leo Bonelli, founder of the world's most successful biotech company. Despite misgivings, Muir and his daughter,...
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For the first time in paperback--a volume of thirty-seven diabolically inventive stories, fables, and "impossible interviews" from one of the great fantasists of the 20th century, displaying the full breadth of his vision and wit. Written between 1943 and 1984 and masterfully translated by Tim Parks, the fictions in Numbers in the Dark display all of Calvino's dazzling gifts: whimsy and horror, exuberance of style, and a cheerful grasp of the absurdities...
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Dynamite
Pub. Date
2016
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English
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The last humans on Earth face Neanderthal hordes and the bastards who started this whole mess. Can there be a solution? A death. A compromise. A lie. The big twist comes. Check out the thrilling series finale from Rick Remender (Black Science, Deadly Class), self-described as "a heavy dose of high-octane action, character drama, a world of strange reverse mutations, and social commentary - as we follow the last tribe of humans inoculated from the...
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Dynamite
Pub. Date
2016
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English
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In our final issue, Sonja faces off for the last time with the Ice Queen and her army of Neanderthals and Yeti's, but will the fiery warrior woman prevail against a witch whose blood flows like ice? This month, we present a final series of fabulous cover art from series cover artist and story teller Frank Cho, Stjepan Sejic and interior artist Homs!
11) Devolution #2
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Dynamite
Pub. Date
2016
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English
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The road to salvation is lined with Nazi hillbillies and Neanderthals. Raja finds that trusting people is a bad idea. Check out the thrilling new series that Rick Remender (Black Science, Deadly Class) describes as "a heavy dose of high-octane action, character drama, a world of strange reverse mutations, and social commentary - as we follow the last tribe of humans inoculated from the devolution agent as they set out on a desperate journey to try...
12) Devolution #1
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Dynamite
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
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Every living creature on Earth has been devolved - the evolutionary clock turned back, reverting all life to odd mutations and prehistoric incarnations. The cities of man are little more than bloody territories ruthlessly dominated by tribal Neanderthals ruling from the backs of mammoths, packs of saber-toothed tigers, and giant man-eating insects. Writer Rick Remender (Black Science, Fear Agent), artist Jon Wayshak (The Authority), and colorist Jordan...
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Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
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English
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This book provides a rich portrait of prehistoric Europe, from the arrival of the first humans 1.3 million years ago to the Iron Age settlements that resisted Rome's southern advance. The author takes readers on a tour of more than sixty prominent sites in Europe's prehistoric past.
14) Devolution
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Dynamite
Pub. Date
2016
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English
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Every living creature on Earth has been devolved - the evolutionary clock turned back, reverting all life to odd mutations and prehistoric incarnations. The cities of man are little more than bloody territories ruthlessly dominated by tribal Neanderthals ruling from the backs of mammoths, packs of saber-toothed tigers, and giant man-eating insects. Raja, one of the few remaining "Still Sapien" humans, heads to San Francisco to find the antidote for...
15) The biology book: from the origin of life to epigenetics, 250 milestones in the history of biology
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English
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From the emergence of life, to Leuwenhoek’s microscopic world, to GMO crops, The Biology Book presents 250 landmarks in the most widely studied scientific field. Brief, engaging, and colorfully illustrated synopses introduce readers to every major subdiscipline, including cell theory, genetics, evolution, physiology, thermodynamics, molecular biology, and ecology. With information on such varied topics as paleontology, pheromones, nature vs. nurture,...
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Running Wild Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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"Ideas drive the narrative in all Terence Hawkins's work. His first novel, The Rage of Achilles, is a deeply researched account of the Iliad that describes a Trojan War as it really happened, informed by the theory of the bicameral mind--now the basis for HBO's Westworld. His second, American Neolithic, explores a dystopian near-future America from the point of view of the last surviving Neanderthals, who live in an abandoned warehouse on the Lower...
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WGBH Educational Foundation
Pub. Date
[2010]
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English
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"Where did we come from? What makes us human? NOVA's...investigation explores how new discoveries are transforming views of our earliest ancestors. Featuring interviews with world-renowned scientists, footage shot "in the trenches" as fossils were unearthed, and...computer-generated animation, [these programs] bring early hominids to life, examining how we became the creative and adaptable modern humans of today...In the first episode...encounter..."Selam,"...