Cromañón

About 45,000 years ago, the first fully human beings, with the same cognitive abilities that we have today, began arriving on the European continent from Africa. Cromañón tells the story of these men and women, our ancestors, who lived a unique adventure. Brian Fagan, probably the foremost authority on popularizing both prehistory and climate change issues, draws on the latest dating methods and the latest discoveries in genetics to tell us about this fascinating struggle for survival. The Cro-Magnons are now known to be much more than skilled artists and technologists, they were skilled, highly adaptable people, brilliantly and effortlessly adjusting to brutal weather regimes. Thanks to the new studies, we can begin to explore the complex interactions between them and their Neanderthal neighbors in ways that were unimaginable just a decade ago. These slowly changing relationships between archaic and modern people can help us better understand our own biological and cultural diversity in a rapidly changing world.