Ludovic Slimak

¿Y si hubieramos malinterpretado quienes eran realmente los neandertales? "Slimak ha dado con la piedra Rosetta del mundo neandertal".The New Scientist Durante más de un siglo consideramos a los neandertales inferiores a los Homo sapiens, y en los ultimos tiempos pensamos que la diferencia estaba en sus lejanas tradiciones culturales. Pero, ¿cual es la verdad? Ludovic Slimak, uno de los mayores especialistas mundiales en el estudio de los neandertales, ha seguido incansablemente la pista de lo que el llama la criatura, como si se tratara de un ser misterioso que se atisba a lo lejos, en la bruma. El neandertal desnudo es un riguroso libro de paleoantropologia, pero, sobre todo, un cuaderno de viajes que nos sumerge en una apasionante expedicion arqueologica desde las extensiones heladas del Circulo Polar Çrtico hasta los profundos bosques mediterraneos. Tambien es un fascinante relato de treinta años de investigaciones, busquedas, excavaciones y trabajo de campo. Cada yacimiento encontrado tiene una historia que contar. Y al encontrarse cara a cara con el hombre neandertal, Slimak descubre a un ser sorprendente cuya verdadera naturaleza parece habersenos escapado por completo. ¿Tan inconcebible nos resulta

A PROSPECT BOOK OF THE YEARIn this acclaimed bestseller, an explorer and Neanderthal hunter takes us on a riveting journey of discovery'With the style of a poet and imagination of a philosopher, Ludovic Slimak probes the minds of Neanderthals. . . This fun and provocative book is a reminder that we still have a lot to learn about biological intelligence' Steve Brusatte What if we have completely misunderstood who the Neanderthals truly were? For over a century we saw them as inferior to Homo Sapiens. Today, Neanderthals are seen as fully human, different from us only because of their distant cultural traditions. But does the truth lie somewhere else entirely?Neanderthal hunter and paleoanthropologist Ludovic Slimak understands these enigmatic creatures like no one else after studying them for three decades. Taking us on a fascinating archaeological investigation from the Arctic Circle to the deep Mediterranean forests, he traces their steps, deciphering their stories through every single detail they left behind.In this stunning, bold book, he argues that Neanderthals should be understood on their own terms. They had their own history, their own rituals, their own customs. Their own intelligence. A remarkable intelligence, for sure, but an intelligence that may have been very different from ours - although it can still teach us much about ourselves.A thought-provoking detective story, written with wit and verve, The Naked Neanderthal shifts our understanding of deep history - and in the process reveals just how much we have yet to learn.