by Yves Coppens · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782738124760
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«Le présent du passé au carré» is the historical non-fiction essay by Yves Coppens, published by Editions Odile Jacob in paperback.
Yves Coppens answers questions about prehistory in an accessible tone: what the chimpanzee genome reveals about human origins, how Neanderthal diets are deduced, when the first plants were domesticated, and how cave paintings are authenticated.
The work bears the subtitle «La fabrication de la préhistoire», comprises 218 pages, is written in French, and was published in 2010.
A work aimed at enthusiasts of history, archaeology, and paleontology.
Yves Coppens was a French anthropologist and co-discoverer of "Lucy". A graduate from the University of Rennes and the Sorbonne, he studied ancient hominids and had multiple published works on this topic, and also produced a film. In October 2014, Coppens was named an Ordinary Member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences by Pope Francis.
