u/FlagrantTomatoCabal

Been through Yuval Noah Harari's Sapiens book and now watching Netflix' Secrets of Neanderthals.

Very fascinated by our early ancestors.

Are there books that are sort of a standard reading or like a gold standard for studying ancient humans?

I'm still having a hard time piecing the whole story of our ancestors together. Like are they separate, did they meet, did they coexist, had babies together, fought tribal wars, etc.

Also I would like to understand the timeline as I would like to have a story our whole prehistory and not just snippets or pieces of it.

Thank you.