Cro-Magnon
How the Ice Age Gave Birth to the First Modern Humans
by Brian M. Fagan
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Cro-Magnon
The name “Cro-Magnon” inspires images of a snowbound world, mammoth hunting, and eerily alluring cave paintings. Who were these ancient people? In a word, they were us—the first anatomically modern humans. In Cro-Magnon, bestselling author Brian Fagan brings these early humans out of the deep freeze as he reveals human society in its infancy, facing enormous challenges—including a rival species of humans, the Neanderthals. For 10 millennia, Cro-Magnons lived side by side with Neanderthals—but, by using their superior intellects and tools, these ingenious problem solvers eventually extinguished their Neanderthal cousins.
Cro-Magnon captures the indomitable adaptability that has made Homo sapiens an unmatched success as a species.
Hardcover : 304 pages
Publisher: Bloomsbury Uk ( March 01, 2010 )
Item #: 12-815603
ISBN: 9781596915824
Product Dimensions: 6.125 x 9.25 inches
Product Weight: 17.0 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Interesting 
September 28, 2010
The books suffers from poor editing, especially captions / illustrations. Also, we are tantalized by frequent descriptions of interesting places, artwork, or artifacts, but are left disappointed by a paucity of sketches or photos.
Reviewer: Reg T
A good read and fascinating in many places.
July 08, 2010
As a layman with interest in this subject I found the book to be a good, educational read. The drawings do not always line up with the footnotes but that can be forgiven.
All in all, I liked it. I found it fascinating in many places.
Reviewer: Walter R
A good read with minor flaws
April 11, 2010
Informative and fun to read. As a layman I learned a lot from the book. However it has three minor flaws:
1) The writing style is clumsy at times with modifying phrases often distant from their subject. The book would greatly benefit from a good editing.
2) Explanatory captions for images for the most part just don't match up with images.
3) There is a lot of conjecture about the mindset and cultural practices of Neanderthals and Cro-Magnons for which there is no surviving archeological evidence. Nonetheless we can accept this as at least approximately correct, given the expertise of the author.
Reviewer: Donald R
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