Echoes of Us: Rediscovering Neanderthals and the Meaning of Humanity
Introduction: More Than Cavemen If you grew up thinking Neanderthals were grunting, club-wielding brutes who disappeared because they couldn’t keep up with you, you’re not alone. For decades, these extinct cousins of ours were cast as evolutionary failures: the awkward draft version before the “superior” Homo sapiens showed up to dominate the planet. But science…