The World Before Us. A New Look at the Origin of Humans

Neanderthals, Denisovans, people from Luzon, and even "hobbits" — what trace have they left in each of us? How are they related to us and to each other? What contacts could there have been between them? The author illustrates the answers to these questions with maps of archaeological sites, photographs of finds, and amazing stories such as the plot about the genetic hybrid of two different species of humans. The study of this girl, born 90,000 years ago to a Neanderthal mother and a Denisovan father, was directly related to Hayem. Modern archaeology allows us to obtain information even from tiny pieces of material, reconstructing a person's biography almost from fragmentary remains. And literally one discovery can fundamentally change our understanding of what happened in the past, so the reader will be particularly interested to learn what has changed in genetics and archaeology in recent years and how revolutionary scientific breakthroughs are made.