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Cro-Magnon: The Story of the Last Ice Age People of Europe

Trenton W. Holliday
4.20/5 (9 ratings)
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During the Last Ice Age, Europe was a cold, dry place teeming with mammoths, woolly rhinoceroses, reindeer, bison, cave bears, cave hyenas, and cave lions. It was also the home of people physically indistinguishable from humans today, commonly known as the Cro-Magnons. Our knowledge of them comes from either their skeletons or the tools, art, and debris they left behind.

This book tells the story of these dynamic and resilient people in light of recent scientific advances. Trenton Holliday--a paleoanthropologist who has studied the Cro-Magnons for decades--explores questions such as: Where and when did anatomically modern humans first emerge? When did they reach Europe, and via what routes? How extensive or frequent were their interactions with Neandertals? What did Cro-Magnons look like? What did they eat, and how did they acquire their food? What can we learn about their lives from studying their skeletons? How did they deal with the glacial cold? What does their art tell us about them?

Holliday offers new insights into these ancient people from anthropological, archaeological, genetic, and geological perspectives. He also considers how the Cro-Magnons responded to Earth's postglacial warming almost 12,000 years ago, showing that how they dealt with climate change holds valuable lessons for us as we negotiate life on a rapidly warming planet.

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“In Cro-Magnon, Holliday gifts us a vivid, impressively detailed portrait of the earliest modern Europeans. He deftly weaves studies of biological characteristics, behavioral indicators, environment, history, and colorful descriptions of places and people into a fascinating narrative that brings alive these humans of the distant past. Holliday's book is thorough yet eminently readable, and is certainly required reading for anyone interested in the later phases of human evolution.”

- Fred H. Smith, University Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and Biological Sciences, Illinois State University

“Most every schoolchild has heard of the Cro-Magnons, but few people actually know anything about them. This engaging and accessible book by Trenton Holliday may go a long way toward remedying that situation! Written by one of the leading experts on the Ice Age peoples of the world, Cro-Magnon brings to life - in clear, nontechnical English - what we know about these ancient Europeans, their fascinating history of study, and the very latest research on them.”

- Steven Churchill, Duke University, author of Thin on the Ground: Neandertal Biology, Archeology, and Ecology

“Perceptively reviews what we have learned about Cro-Magnons over the century and a half since their discovery.”

- Natural History Magazine

“(Holliday's) book is driven by an enthusiasm for life and knowledge…. Rather than agonize over all that we will never know about Cro-Magnon, Holliday delights in these chasms…. Holliday embraces both the speculative and the scientific spirit in Cro-Magnon: The Story of the Last Ice Age People of Europe, showing that certainty and uncertainty can be yoked together in the service of creativity, the propulsive force that keeps us making, thinking, and wondering.”

- Christy Wampole, Princeton University, in European Review of Books

“Well illustrated and referenced, citing both the most recent research and past studies, the volume has an obvious place in college and university libraries. Holliday's engaging writing style also makes this a readable, informative source for an audience beyond the walls of academia.”

- R. B. Clay, University of Kentucky, in Choice Reviews

"Cro-Magnon is an indispensable resource for anyone—professional or general reader—with interests in the evolutionary biology, behavior, culture, and technology of our species."

-Metin I. Eren, The Quarterly Review of Biology

"Careful scholarship permeates [Cro-Magnon], with useful facts and insights even for the specialist. [Trenton Holliday’s] talents as a storyteller and his sense of humor… [convey] the excitement of researching human evolution and brings to life not just what a location would have been like during the Ice Age but also what it is like to visit there now. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book, and I expect others will too. I wholeheartedly recommend it to anyone interested in ancient humans."

-Timothy D. Weaver, American Antiquity
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0231555776

Cro-Magnon: The Story of the Last Ice Age People of Europe

Trenton W. Holliday
4.20/5 (9 ratings)
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During the Last Ice Age, Europe was a cold, dry place teeming with mammoths, woolly rhinoceroses, reindeer, bison, cave bears, cave hyenas, and cave lions. It was also the home of people physically indistinguishable from humans today, commonly known as the Cro-Magnons. Our knowledge of them comes from either their skeletons or the tools, art, and debris they left behind.

This book tells the story of these dynamic and resilient people in light of recent scientific advances. Trenton Holliday--a paleoanthropologist who has studied the Cro-Magnons for decades--explores questions such as: Where and when did anatomically modern humans first emerge? When did they reach Europe, and via what routes? How extensive or frequent were their interactions with Neandertals? What did Cro-Magnons look like? What did they eat, and how did they acquire their food? What can we learn about their lives from studying their skeletons? How did they deal with the glacial cold? What does their art tell us about them?

Holliday offers new insights into these ancient people from anthropological, archaeological, genetic, and geological perspectives. He also considers how the Cro-Magnons responded to Earth's postglacial warming almost 12,000 years ago, showing that how they dealt with climate change holds valuable lessons for us as we negotiate life on a rapidly warming planet.

——————————————————————————————————-

“In Cro-Magnon, Holliday gifts us a vivid, impressively detailed portrait of the earliest modern Europeans. He deftly weaves studies of biological characteristics, behavioral indicators, environment, history, and colorful descriptions of places and people into a fascinating narrative that brings alive these humans of the distant past. Holliday's book is thorough yet eminently readable, and is certainly required reading for anyone interested in the later phases of human evolution.”

- Fred H. Smith, University Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and Biological Sciences, Illinois State University

“Most every schoolchild has heard of the Cro-Magnons, but few people actually know anything about them. This engaging and accessible book by Trenton Holliday may go a long way toward remedying that situation! Written by one of the leading experts on the Ice Age peoples of the world, Cro-Magnon brings to life - in clear, nontechnical English - what we know about these ancient Europeans, their fascinating history of study, and the very latest research on them.”

- Steven Churchill, Duke University, author of Thin on the Ground: Neandertal Biology, Archeology, and Ecology

“Perceptively reviews what we have learned about Cro-Magnons over the century and a half since their discovery.”

- Natural History Magazine

“(Holliday's) book is driven by an enthusiasm for life and knowledge…. Rather than agonize over all that we will never know about Cro-Magnon, Holliday delights in these chasms…. Holliday embraces both the speculative and the scientific spirit in Cro-Magnon: The Story of the Last Ice Age People of Europe, showing that certainty and uncertainty can be yoked together in the service of creativity, the propulsive force that keeps us making, thinking, and wondering.”

- Christy Wampole, Princeton University, in European Review of Books

“Well illustrated and referenced, citing both the most recent research and past studies, the volume has an obvious place in college and university libraries. Holliday's engaging writing style also makes this a readable, informative source for an audience beyond the walls of academia.”

- R. B. Clay, University of Kentucky, in Choice Reviews

"Cro-Magnon is an indispensable resource for anyone—professional or general reader—with interests in the evolutionary biology, behavior, culture, and technology of our species."

-Metin I. Eren, The Quarterly Review of Biology

"Careful scholarship permeates [Cro-Magnon], with useful facts and insights even for the specialist. [Trenton Holliday’s] talents as a storyteller and his sense of humor… [convey] the excitement of researching human evolution and brings to life not just what a location would have been like during the Ice Age but also what it is like to visit there now. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book, and I expect others will too. I wholeheartedly recommend it to anyone interested in ancient humans."

-Timothy D. Weaver, American Antiquity
Format:
Pages:
pages
Publication:
Publisher:
Edition:
Language:
ISBN10:
0231555776
ISBN13:
9780231555777
kindle Asin:
0231555776

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