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We Are Not Alone: William King and the Naming of the Neanderthals
Author(s) -
Walker James,
Clinnick David,
White Mark
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
american anthropologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1548-1433
pISSN - 0002-7294
DOI - 10.1111/aman.13654
Subject(s) - paleoanthropology , history , human evolution , reputation , homo erectus , anthropology , classics , environmental ethics , philosophy , sociology , law , archaeology , pleistocene , political science
ABSTRACT The story of human history was changed forever in 1863 with William King's proposal that we had not always been the sole members of the Homo genus. Yet, more than 150 years after Homo neanderthalensis was first named and then summarized in the pages of The Anthropological Review , the man responsible for this revolutionary announcement is poorly known in the field of palaeoanthropology today. Following the sesquicentennial anniversary of this seminal event in 2013, a timely reappraisal is given of King's reputation, legacy, and work within the intellectual vortex of his time. [ Neanderthals, human evolution, history of paleoanthropology, William King ]