Book description
"Award-winning writer Bahrami is a delightful guide in this thoroughly enjoyable look into the research and recovery of a group of Neandertal remains in the French Dordogne region . . . Her wide interests in travel, memoir, food, wine, and more make this exceedingly engaging title more like a French…
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1 author picked Cafe Neandertal as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This is the most entertaining (and informative) book on archaeology, prehistory and the cave art of our early ancestors that I have ever read.
From Martin's list on Perigord France.
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