CAFE NEANDERTAL: TRACKING ONE OF PREHISTORY’S BIGGEST MYSTERIES IN ONE OF FRANCE’S MOST ANCIENT PLACES

Book ID/图书代码： 03371016B95210

English Summary/英文概要： A cross between a nonfiction Clan of the Cave Bear and singular-pursuit travel memoirs like An Irreverent Curiosity or The Telling Room, taking readers into the thick of an excavation, neck-deep in Neanderthal dirt, and to the front row of the heated debates about our long-lost cousins

In this travel narrative in pursuit of an ancient mystery, writer Beebe Bahrami takes a journey into the clues, evidence, geographies, and theories of the Neanderthals, following a core team of archaeologists who come together annually in southwestern France’s Dordogne region, a place easily called Neanderthal Central or, given its penchant for the good life from prehistory to the present, Café Neandertal. The book is also a detective story, investigating one of the biggest mysteries of prehistory and archaeology: Who were the Neandertals? Why did they disappear some 30,000 years ago? And more mysteriously, what light do they shed on us moderns?

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 本书是非虚拟类的《Clan of the Cave Bear》以及第一人称视角的旅行回忆录《An Irreverent Curiosity》或者《The Telling Room》的集合体，带领读者走进尼安德特人聚集地的考古挖掘现场，了解有关我们失落已久的人类朋友身上还未揭开的神秘。

这本以旅行为线索的书中追踪一个古老的谜，作者Beebe Bahrami通过有关尼安德特人的线索、证据、地理以及原理，跟随一支每年在法国西南部多尔多涅地区集合的考古挖掘团队，前往如今被称为尼安德特人聚集地的所在。本书也是一个侦探故事，调查史前考古学的最大秘密之一：尼安德特人究竟是些什么人？他们为什么在三万年前神秘失踪？更神奇的是，他们对我们而言究竟意味着什么呢？(LYR)

Awards/获奖情况：本书还有一个新的副标题（封面上没有显示）：在法国最古老的地区挖掘史前人类，出版日期是2016年3月。

近期有不少报道和出版物有关对于尼安德特人的继续调查，包括：

http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/05/the-astonishing-age-of-a-neanderthal-cave-construction-site/484070/

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/06/160606103654.htm

http://www.techinsider.io/why-human-neanderthal-babies-were-rare-2016-6

Note there is a NEW subtitle (not on the cover here): Excavating Human Prehistory in One of France’s Most Ancient Places and the publication date is: MARCH 2016

FYI - Lots of recent stories in major publications about the continuing research into Neandertals and how it sheds light on modern humans. Here are a few:

http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/05/the-astonishing-age-of-a-neanderthal-cave-construction-site/484070/

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/06/160606103654.htm

http://www.techinsider.io/why-human-neanderthal-babies-were-rare-2016-6

"Award-winning writer Bahrami is a delightful guide in this thoroughly enjoyable look into the research and recovery of a group of Neandertal remains in the French Dordogne region. With a background in archaeology, she is certainly qualified, but her wide interests in travel, memoir, food, wine, and more make this exceedingly engaging title more like a French version of Under the Tuscan Sun (1996) with an origins-of-humanity spin than the expected scholarly tome." — Booklist, Starred Review

"At the heart of this story is Bahrami’s trek through densely overgrown pre-historic territory in search of a visceral connection to and deeper understanding of all humankind." —Publishers Weekly

"Written with all the flair and enthusiasm of an experienced writer eager to share her love of her subject." —Kirkus Reviews

About the Author/作者介绍： Beebe Bahrami是获奖作家，撰文主题包括旅行、回忆录、考古、户外、探险、美食美酒、精神生活以及跨文化等。她著有《The Spiritual Traveler Spain》，作品还出现在包括《考古学》、《Wine Enthusiast》、《国家地理》等知名出版物上。

Beebe Bahrami is known for award-winning travel, memoir, archaeology, outdoors and adventure, food and wine, spiritual, and cross-cultural writing. Author of The Spiritual Traveler Spain, her work appears in Archaeology, Wine Enthusiast, National Geographic books, and Michelin Green Guides, among others.

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