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1) Neanderthal
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 20
Description
When a paleoanthropologist mysteriously disappears in the remote upper regions of the Pamir Mountains in Tajikistan, two of his former students, once lovers and now competitors, set off in search of him. Along the way, they make an astounding discovery: a remnant band of Neanderthals, the ancient rivals to Homo sapiens, live on. The shocking find sparks a struggle that replays a conflict from thirty thousand years ago and delves into the heart of...
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
1996
Description
An anthropologist working in Alaska discovers a frozen Neanderthal woman with a fetus inside. An Indian woman accepts to have the fetus implanted and so is born Ember, a woman of unusual strength. When people start digging for gold in a Neanderthal burial ground, Ember intervenes, gets into trouble and the anthropologist sacrifices his life to save her. A first novel.
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Formats
Description
"What can we learn from the genes of our closest evolutionary relatives? Neanderthal Man tells the story of geneticist Svante Paabo's mission to answer that question, beginning with the study of DNA in Egyptian mummies in the early 1980s and culminating in his sequencing of the Neanderthal genome in 2009. From Paabo, we learn how Neanderthal genes offer a unique window into the lives of our hominin relatives and may hold the key to unlocking the mystery...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Formats
Description
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...
5) Neanderthal
Author
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Pub
Pub. Date
1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Discusses the Neanderthals, who they were, when they lived, and how scientists have been able to find out so much about their lifestyle.
Publisher
Exploding Kittens, LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
"Poetry for Neanderthals is a family-friendly party game similar to Taboo where players earn points by getting their teammates to guess words and phrases. The catch is that you are only allowed to use single syllable words. If you use any words with more than one syllable, the other team gets to bop you with a 2-foot inflatable club." --Container.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
Ishbo is a philosophical caveman who yearns for more out of life. Determined to single-handedly advance the human race, Ishbo continually irritates his fellow Neanderthals with ridiculous inventions like the ladder, sun visor and pants. His exasperated parents wish he would be more like his brother, who has the strength of ten mastoodons and has clubbed every girl in the tribe, including Ishbo's dream girl, Fardart.
8) Neanderthal
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
"Eight years ago there was an incredible breakthrough: The Neanderthal genome was first decoded. The greatest surprise was that most modern humans have inherited Neanderthal DNA and there is around two percent of their DNA inside everyone from outside sub-Saharan Africa. These genes have helped shape modern humans into what we are today and continue to affect us. So what kind of people were our ancient ancestors? This two-part series investigates...
Author
Series
Lucy and Andy Neanderthal volume 1
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 2
Description
"Lucy and her goofball brother Andy, two Neanderthal siblings living 40,000 years ago, take on a wandering baby sibling, bossy teens, cave paintings, and a mammoth hunt. But what will happen when they encounter a group of humans? Includes a special paleontologist section that helps to dispel common Neanderthal myths"--
10) Year one
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009
Description
Two lazy cavemen are banished from their village and head out on their own to form a new tribe, and along the way they encounter Biblical figures and find trouble in Sodom.
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