Preface and acknowledgements 1. Human evolution in the Pleistocene 2. Biogeographical patterns 3. Human range expansions, contractions and extinctions 4. The modern human-Neanderthal problem 5. Comparative behaviour and ecology of Neanderthals and modern humans 6. The conditions in Africa and Eurasia during the last Glacial Cycle 7. The modern human colonization and the Neanderthal extinction 8. The survival of the weakest References Index.
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