Contributors ................................................... xi
Preface ...................................................... xiii
1. Neanderthals revisited ...................................... 1
K. Harvati and T. Harrison
2. The distinctiveness and systematic context of Homo
neanderthalensis ............................................ 9
I. Tattersall and J.H. Schwartz
3. Saccopastore 1: the earliest Neanderthal? A new look at
an old cranium ............................................. 23
E. Bruner and G. Manzi
4. Inquiries into Neanderthal craniofacial development and
evolution: "accretion" versus "organismic" models .......... 37
A. Rosas, M. Bastir, C. Martínez-Maza,
A. Garcia-Tabernero, and C. Lalueza-Fox
5. Neanderthals and modern humans - chimps and bonobos:
similarities and differences in development and
evolution .................................................. 71
M.S. Ponce de León and C.P.E. Zollikofer
6. Cranial growth models: heterochrony, heterotopy, and the
kinematics of ontogeny ..................................... 89
C.P.E. Zollikofer and M.S. Ponce de León
7. Bioenergetic perspectives on Neanderthal
thermoregulatory and activity budgets ..................... 113
S.E. Churchill
8. How different were Neanderthals' habitual activities? A
comparative analysis with diverse groups of recent
humans .................................................... 135
O.M. Pearson, R.M. Cordero, and A.M. Busby
9. Neanderthal hands in their proper perspective ............. 157
W.A. Niewoehner
10. Did Neanderthals make the Chatelperronian assemblage
from La Grotte du Renne (Arcy-sur-Cure, France)? .......... 191
S.E. Bailey and J.-J. Hublin
11. The fate of European Neanderthals: results and
perspectives from ancient DNA analyses .................... 211
D. Serre and S. Pääbo
12. Selection on mitochondrial DNA and the Neanderthal
problem ................................................... 221
J. Hawks
13. Reliability of cranial morphology in reconstructing
Neanderthal phylogeny ..................................... 239
K. Harvati and T.D. Weaver
14. Non-metric variation in recent humans as a model for
understanding Neanderthal-early modern human
differences: just how "unique" are Neanderthal unique
traits .................................................... 255
J.C.M. Ahem
15. Earliest Upper Paleolithic crania from Mladec, Czech
Republic, and the question of Neanderthal-modern
continuity: metrical evidence from the fronto-facial
region .................................................... 269
G. Bräuer, H. Broeg, and C.B. Stringer
16. Neanderthals and modern humans: an example of a
mammalian syngameon? ...................................... 281
T.W.Holliday
17. Speciation by distance and temporal overlap: a new
approach to understanding Neanderthal evolution ........... 299
J.-L. Voisin
18. The Neanderthal-H. sapiens interface in Eurasia ........... 315
C.B. Stringer
Index ......................................................... 325
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