Where did they go? What happened when Neanderthals encountered our direct ancestors on the Ice Age tundra of ancient Europe? Wise masterfully creates a story that seeks to answer the questions of the Neanderthal evolution and eventual disappearance. An encounter with a clan of Neanderthal hunters tears the young lovers apart. Leading with fictional characters, Ejil and Lada, members of a Cro-Magnon tribe, Wise sets the scene of a society capable of living and loving with all of the passion of their modern-day counterparts. (Most modern humans have at least 2% of their DNA according to the Max Planck Institute.) Wise releases an exciting new historical novel, The Dawning: 31,000 BC, embracing the growing theory of the Neanderthal's humanity and advanced culture.Ī mixture of truth and fiction woven together to paint an evocative tableau of what the ancient past might have looked like for Neanderthals, The Dawning introduces Neanderthals not as knuckle dragging primitives often portrayed in cartoons, but as our highly evolved human ancestors. "A pelling journey through the lives and ideas of some of the earliest cultures on Earth." -KirkusĬHARLOTTESVILLE, VA, Octo/24-7PressRelease/ - Just over a year after Neanderthals made the news in the journal, Science, for signs that they could "hear and make sounds" and another piece in the journal, Nature touted "…research adds to growing evidence that modern humans mixed regularly with Neanderthals," author Richard W.
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