Rethinking Neandertals
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2295201 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A Nowell (0000-0002-1103-2919, University of Victoria, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 151-170 |
| Publication date | 2023-10-23 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Annual Review of Anthropology (BOOK_SERIES) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0084-6570 • E-ISSN: 1545-4290 |
| Publisher | Annual Reviews (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1146/annurev-anthro-052621-024752 |
| OpenAlex | W4384488770 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 133 |
In this article, I first provide an overview of the Neandertals by recounting their initial discovery and subsequent interpretation by scientists and by discussing our current understanding of the temporal and geographic span of these hominins and their taxonomic affiliation. I then explore what progress we have made in our understanding of Neandertal lifeways and capabilities over the past decade in light of new technologies and changing perspectives. In the process, I consider whether these advances in knowledge qualify as so-called Black Swans, a term used in economics to describe events that are rare and unpredictable and have wide-ranging consequences, in this case for the field of paleoanthropology. Building on this discussion, I look at ongoing debates and focus on Neandertal extinction as a case study. By way of discussion and conclusion, I take a detailed look at why Neandertals continue to engender great interest, and indeed emotion, among scientists and the general public alike
Archaeology · Epistemology · Focus (optics · Interpretation (philosophy · Neanderthal · Paleoanthropology · Computer Science · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation · History · Philosophy · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
Updating Neanderthals
The Neanderthal brain
The arrival of Homo sapiens in the Near East and Europe
To see a world in a hafted tool
The use of plants by Neanderthals as food, medicine, and raw materials
Being Ecological
Nuclear DNA sequences from the Middle Pleistocene Sima de los Huesos hominins
Middle Paleolithic complex technology and a Neandertal tar-backed tool from the Dutch North Sea
Genome sequence of a 45,000-year-old modern human from western Siberia
Direct evidence of Neanderthal fibre technology and its cognitive and behavioral implications
Mitochondrial DNA and human evolution
Symbolic use of marine shells and mineral pigments by Iberian Neandertals 115,000 years ago
Transitions or turnovers? Climatically-forced extinctions of Homo sapiens and Neanderthals in the east Mediterranean Levant
Neandertal Demise
Analysis of one million base pairs of Neanderthal DNA
A Draft Sequence of the Neandertal Genome
Experimental methods for the Palaeolithic dry distillation of birch bark
Paleobiology and comparative morphology of a late Neandertal sample from El Sidrón, Asturias, Spain
Neanderthal behaviour, diet, and disease inferred from ancient DNA in dental calculus
Modern human incursion into Neanderthal territories 54,000 years ago at Mandrin, France
Conceiving of “Them” When Before There Was Only “Us”
Childhood, Play and the Evolution of Cultural Capacity in Neanderthals and Modern Humans
Neanderthal Language
Evolution of Mind, Brain, and Culture
A Tale of Two Species
Self‐medication in nonhuman primates
Brutish Neanderthals
Spongiform encephalopathy, cannibalism and Neanderthals extinction
Neanderthal and the fossilization of the Third World
Neanderthals
Were Neanderthals responsible for their own extinction
U-series dating at Nerja cave reveal open system. Questioning the Neanderthal origin of Spanish rock art
Redefining Neanderthals and Art
Response to White et al.’s reply
The Humans Who Went Extinct
The Evolution of Human Brain Development
The assimilation model, modern human origins in Europe, and the extinction of Neandertals
Neanderthals as familiar strangers and the human spark
High-Tech in the Middle Palaeolithic
A new experimental methodology for assessing adhesive properties shows that Neandertals used the most suitable material available
Modeling the role of fire and cooking in the competitive exclusion of Neanderthals
Still no archaeological evidence that Neanderthals created Iberian cave art
The morphology of the Late Pleistocene hominin remains from the site of La Cotte de St Brelade, Jersey (Channel Islands)
Dental calculus indicates widespread plant use within the stable Neanderthal dietary niche
Dietary evidence from Central Asian Neanderthals
Early dates for 'Neanderthal cave art' may be wrong
The evolution of the adolescent growth spurt
Production method of the Königsaue birch tar documents cumulative culture in Neanderthals
Unknowability and Indeterminacy
A symbolic Neanderthal accumulation of large herbivore crania
Cooking in caves
Neanderthal Graphic Behavior
The Fate of the Neandertals
Accurate depiction of uncertainty in ancient DNA research
An Evolutionary Anthropological Perspective on Modern Human Origins
Science, the Media, and Interpretations of Upper Paleolithic Figurines
Krapina and the Case for Neandertal Symbolic Behavior
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |