Hominids
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In a parallel world in which Neanderthals, rather than homo sapiens, became the dominant intelligent species, a dangerous scientific experiment traps a Neanderthal physicist on Earth.
De Neanderthaler Parallax Reeks
Deze serie verkent een boeiende alternatieve geschiedenis waarin Neanderthalers zijn geëvolueerd tot de dominante soort, Homo neanderthalensis sapiens. Het volgt het leven van een individu uit deze geavanceerde beschaving die onverwachts in onze wereld terechtkomt. Het verhaal confronteert lezers met de verschillen in denken, cultuur en moraal, waarbij zowel de sterke als de zwakke punten van beide samenlevingen worden onthuld. Het biedt diepgaande reflecties over wat het betekent om mens te zijn en over de uiteenlopende paden die evolutie en beschaving hadden kunnen inslaan.
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Humans
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- 14 uur lezen
Neanderthal physicist Ponder Boddit resumes his relationship with geneticist Mary Vaughn as cultural and scientific exchanges begin between the two parallel Earths--our own, and one in which Neanderthals became the dominant species.
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Hybrids
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Hybrids is the climactic book of Robert J. Sawyer's Neanderthal Parallax trilogy. Torn between two worlds, geneticist Mary Vaughan and Neanderthal physicist Ponter Boddit struggle to find a way to make their relationship work. Aided by banned Neanderthal technology, they plan to conceive the first hybrid child, a symbol of hope for the peaceful coexistence of two versions of reality. But after an experiment shows that Mary's religious faith--something completely absent among Neanderthals--is a quirk of Homo sapiens neurology, Ponter and Mary must decide whether their child should be predisposed to atheism or belief. Meanwhile, as Mary's Earth faces the impending collapse of its planetary magnetic field, Mary's boss, the enigmatic Jock Krieger, has turned envious eyes on the unspoiled Eden of the Neanderthal world. In Hybrids, Sawyer concludes his signature speculations about alternative ways to be human, exploding our preconceptions of morality and gender, faith and love.
