The Invaders

How Humans and Their Dogs Drove Neanderthals to Extinction

Pat Shipman

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$20.00 • £16.95 • €18.00

ISBN 9780674975415

Publication Date: 05/15/2017

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288 pages

5-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches

19 halftones, 4 line illustrations, 2 tables

Belknap Press

World

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Pat Shipman is the author of many books, including The Invaders, The Animal Connection, and The Ape in the Tree (with Alan Walker), which won the W. W. Howells Award from the American Anthropological Association. A New York Times notable author, Shipman is an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Royal Geographical Society of London.

Awards & Accolades

A Times Higher Education Book of the Week, 2015

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