Last Neanderthal, The

Neanderthal man, humanity’s closest ancestor, is shaking off his cave-man image. With a brain larger than ours, Neanderthals had the most successful culture the world has ever known. But they disappeared without a trace leaving a mystery that has baffled scientists for over a hundred and fifty years. Was Neanderthal a separate human species? An evolutionary dead end? Or did the genes of this skillful and artistic people become part of the human legacy? The amazing discovery of the skeleton of a child who lived in Portugal twenty-eight thousand years ago is finally unlocking the secrets of The Last Neanderthal.