📗 Libro en inglés THE WORLD BEFORE US

The who what where when and how of human evolution from one of the world s experts on the dating of prehistoric fossils Steve Brusatte author of The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs Fascinating and entertaining If you read one book on human origins this should be it Ian Morris author of Why the West Rules For Now 50 000 years ago we were not the only species of human in the world There were at least four others including the Neanderthals Homo floresiensis Homo luzonesis and the Denisovans At the forefront of the latter s ground breaking discovery was Oxford Professor Tom Higham In The World Before Us he explains the scientific and technological advancements in radiocarbon dating and ancient DNA for example that allowed each of these discoveries to be made enabling us to be more accurate in our predictions about not just how long ago these other humans lived but how they lived interacted and live on in our genes today This is the story of us told for the first time with its full cast of characters Exciting David Abulafia author of The Boundless Sea Remarkable Rebecca Wragg Sykes author of Kindred Thrilling David Reich author of Who We Are and How We Got Here Brilliant Chris Gosden author of The History of Magic Gr