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Science 2 July 2004:
Vol. 305. no. 5680, p. 45
DOI: 10.1126/science.1100812
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ANTHROPOLOGY:
Was the Culprit Climate or Culture?

A review by Richard G. Klein

Neanderthals and Modern Humans An Ecological and Evolutionary Perspective
by Clive Finlayson
Cambridge University Press, New York, 2004. 265 pp. $85, £60. ISBN 0-521-82087-1.

The author argues that the disappearance of the Neanderthals was driven by changing climate rather than competitive advantages enjoyed by early modern humans.
The reviewer is at the Program in Human Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-2160, USA. E-mail: rklein{at}stanford.edu

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