Dance of the Tiger: A Novel of the Ice Age
Björn Kurtén's compelling novel gives the reader a detailed picture of life 35,000 years ago in Western Europe. One of the world's leading scholars of Ice Age fauna, Kurtén fuses extraordinary knowledge and imagination in this vivid evocation of our deepest past. This novel illuminates the lives...
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Björn Kurtén's compelling novel gives the reader a detailed picture of life 35,000 years ago in Western Europe. One of the world's leading scholars of Ice Age fauna, Kurtén fuses extraordinary knowledge and imagination in this vivid evocation of our deepest past. This novel illuminates the lives of the humans who left us magnificent paintings in the caves of France and Spain.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780520202771 (0520202775)
ASIN: 520202775
Publish date: October 10th 1995
Publisher: University of California Press
Pages no: 280
Edition language: English
5/8/10 Update: Some recent evidence found in Europe and genome studies bears on the speculative outcome of this story. See http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/07/science/07neanderthal.html?src=me&ref=general The image of the hunched-over, beetle-browed, dark-skinned, stupid-looking, primitive Neandertha...