Bestselling author Brian Fagan brings early individuals from the deep freeze with his trademark mix of erudition, cutting-edge science, and vivid storytelling. Cro-Magnon reveals human being culture in its infancy, facing tremendous environmental challenges-including a rival species of human beings, the Neanderthals.

For ten millennia, Cro-Magnons lived side by side with Neanderthals, an encounter that Fagan fills with theatre. Using their superior intellects and tools, these ingenious problem solvers survived severe conditions that eventually extinguished their Neanderthal cousins.

Cro-Magnon captures the indomitable adaptability which has made Homo sapiens an unrivaled success like a species. Living on the frozen continent with only the standard tools, Ice Age humans survived and thrived.