The Last Neanderthal

Posted on 27 July 2017 by Claire Cameron

From the author of The Bear, the enthralling story of two women separated by millennia, but linked by an epic journey that will transform them bothForty thousand years in the past, the last family of Neanderthals roams the earth After a crushingly hard winter, their numbers are low, but Girl, the oldest daughter, is just coming of age and her family is determined to travel to the annual meeting place and find her a mate.But the unforgiving landscape takes its toll, and Girl is left alone to care for Runt, a foundling of unknown origin As Girl and Runt face the coming winter storms, Girl realizes she has one final chance to save her people, even if it means sacrificing part of herself.In the modern day, archaeologist Rosamund Gale works well into her pregnancy, racing to excavate newly found Neanderthal artifacts before her baby comes Linked across the ages by the shared experience of early motherhood, both stories examine the often taboo corners of women s lives Haunting, suspenseful, and profoundly moving, THE LAST NEANDERTHAL asks us to reconsider all we think we know about what it means to be human. Best Download The Last Neanderthal [ by ] Claire Cameron [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr Paleoarchaeologist Dr Rosemund Gale, working on a dig in present day France, makes an astonishing discovery She unearths fossilized bones of a Neanderthal girl and a modern day man, facing each other, and buried in the same strata Radioactive dating indicates that the Neanderthal and the Homo Sapien co existed, perhaps forming a loving relationship Rose had discovered a Neanderthal girl 40,000 years after her death Taking a leave of absence from her tenure track teaching post, Rose intended Paleoarchaeologist Dr Rosemund Gale, working on a d...i was a terrible online book club participant i did all of the assigned reading, sure, but i only showed up to respond to one round of questions, after which point i just read everyone else s responses like some ghostly book club lurker i didn t even drink any wine, which should make up at least 40% of book club activity my failure was one part down to me transitioning from a dayjob person to a nightjob person with all the attendant physical and psychological horrors, and not having the ti i was a terrible online book club participant i did all of the assigned reading, sure, but i only showed up to respond to one round of questions, after which point i just read ...France, a female archeologist finds the bones of two people, the bones displayed as if they are looking at each other at the time of their deaths A very important discovery as it turns out because one of the skeletons is a female Neanderthal and the other a male homo sapiens This is a cleverly constructed book, as we go back to the time of the Neanderthal and our author reimagines a time when they were living She uses a family, a mother, a girl, a boy and another boy, and a young boy that the France, a female archeologist finds the bones of two people, the bones displayed as if they are looking at each other at the time of their deaths A very important discovery as it turns out because one of the skeletons is a female Neanderthal and the other a male homo sapiens Thi...It s 2.5 stars, but I just can t round it up The ancient portion is too simplistic and inaccurate for being put into a scientific context to the present day story And the present day story is just off and IMHO, poorly written in characterizations It s similar to a YA level account of being a late thirties age pregnant woman who holds a PhD but which is put into the words and emotions of a teenager rather half denying the reality of outco...I couldn t stop thinking about this book after I put it down Telling the parallel stories of Rosamund Gale, a present day archaeologist uncovering the find of her career, and Girl, a Neanderthal woman coming of age centuries before her, this novel explores how humans are linked by DNA, by history, and by shared experiences to our Neanderthal relatives The scenes set 40,000 years in the past sing with urgency and tension as Girl tries to survive on her own in an unforgiving landscape While the I couldn t stop thinking about this book after I put it down Telling the parallel stories of Rosamund Gale, a present day archaeologist uncovering the find of her career, and Girl, a Neanderthal woman coming of age centuries before her...3.5 starsThis is basically a lecture on prehistoric life and archeology in a form of a novel Mostly worked for me, although I think the book would have been better without the dry modern time perspective It didn t really have any life in it until almost the very end But the perspective of the Neanderthal girl was impressively vivid and raw It s hard to know how early humans lived and thought, but the author had a beautiful take on it, emphasizing the deep connection of humans to their surrou 3.5 starsThis is basically a lecture on prehistoric life and archeology in a form of a novel Mostly worked for me, although I think the book would have been better without the dry modern time perspective It didn t really have any life in it until almost the very end But the perspective of the Neanderthal girl was impres...I adored the idea of this book I still think that the concept has merit, but unfortunately, I don t think it was well done.By far, the better sections of the book are those taking place in the distant past, and perhaps this is because we don t know anything about how those characters would be, and whether or not they are realist...Words could be empty It was the return of a gesture that held meaning Claire Cameron, The Last Neanderthal A NovelThis story alternates between the present day life of an archeologist who found the remains of a neanderthal and the life 40,000 years ago of a neanderthal family The book is very interesting, the modern day scientist is the main character of the present day timeline and describes theories about neanderthal lives and processes related to archeology findings The Girl is the m Words could be empty It was the return of a gesture that held meaning Claire Cameron, The Last Neanderthal A NovelThis story alternates between the present day life of an archeologist who found the remains of a neanderthal and the life 40,000 years ago of a neanderthal family The book is very interesting, the modern day scientist is the main character of the present day timeline and describes theories about neanderthal lives and processes related to archeology findings The Girl is the main character of the 40,000 years ago timeline, she is young, strong, has recently become pregnant, and her story describes her journey for survival I really liked the book I have always being intrigued by the idea of neanderthals, like, what do you meant there were other humans What do you mean they were homo but not sapiensHomo neanderthalensis, if you w...Eh I would much rather have just read Clan of the Cave Bear.Recent science has been rethinking the way we re originally perceived out distant relatives, indeed related if only by a small margins due to the long ago crossbreeding of their species with homo sapiens This book doesthan rethink, it vividly reimagines the Neanderthals as all too sentient, intelligent and able individuals While that portrayal might be viewed as too steeped in anthropomorphism, it s nevertheless very compelling, as the book follows one young Neanderthal girl s journey T Recent science has been rethinking the way we re originally perceived out distant relatives, indeed related if only by a small margins due to the long ago crossbreeding of their species with homo sapiens This book doesthan rethink, it vividly reimagines the Neanderthals as all too sentient, intelligent and able individuals While that portrayal might be viewed as too steeped in anthropomorphism, it s nevertheless very compelling, as the book follows one young Neanderthal girl s journey This takes up majority of the book, minority of it is dedicated to the female archeologist who discovers the remains of the girl some 40 000 years later There are parallels to their lives that are meant to tie the story together, but they seems too structured and simplified in a way, for me they added nothing really Separately, it s possible the archeologis...

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27 July 2017

Claire Cameron