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"I
couldn't put it down
once I'd started
reading it... I don't think I've enjoyed a book more than 'Them and Us'
in my life."
Don Burke. Radio 2UE. 24th September. 2009
Don Burke. Radio 2UE. 24th September. 2009
Kardoorair Press is proud to present Them and Us by Danny Vendramini, the most important theory of human origins since The Descent of Man by Charles Darwin.
Put
aside everything you thought you knew about
being human - about how
we got here and what it all means. After five years of rigorous
scientific research, Danny Vendramini has developed a theory of human
origins that is
stunning in its simplicity, yet breathtaking in its scope and
importance. Them and Us: how Neanderthal predation created modern humans begins with a radical reassessment of Neanderthal behavioural ecology. He cites new archaeological and genetic evidence to show they weren't docile omnivores, but savage, cannibalistic carnivores - top flight predators of the stone age.
Neanderthal Predation (NP) theory reveals that Neanderthals were 'apex' predators - who resided at the top of the food chain, and everything else - including humans - was their prey.
NP theory is one of those groundbreaking ideas that revolutionizes scientific thinking. It represents a quantum leap in our understanding of human origins.
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June
11th 2010
 'Them and Us'
sold to TV The rights to 'Them and Us' have just been bought for a television series by production house, NHNZ and producer Mark McNeill.  Author Danny Vendramini said he was delighted with the prospect of his book being made into a TV series. "NHNZ is a major player in the documentary field," he said today. "And Mark McNeill is a fabulous director." |
"Danny Vendramini presents a truly unique and innovative picture of the role of Neandertal predation in human evolution… Vendramini pulls together countless different threads of scientific evidence to re-cast Neanderthals as "apex predators", proverbial "wolves with knives" who were effective rivals with our ancestors…. It has been a long time since I read a book about human evolution that I enjoyed so much."
Associate Professor John J. Shea. Anthropology Department & Turkana Basin Institute,
Stony Brook University, New York
neanderthal predation theory
NP theory reveals that Eurasian Neanderthals hunted, killed and cannibalised early humans for 50,000 years in an area of the Middle East known as the Mediterranean Levant (see map, below).
Them and Us cites new evidence from archaeology and genetics to demonstrate that this prolonged period of cannibalistic and sexual predation began about 100,000 years ago and that by 50,000 years ago, the human population in the Levant was reduced to as few as 50 individuals.
The death toll from Neanderthal predation generated the selection pressure that transformed the tiny survivor population of early humans into modern humans.
This Levantine group became the founding population of all humans living today.
NP theory argues that modern human physiology, sexuality, aggression, propensity for inter-group violence and human nature all emerged as a direct consequence of systematic long-term dietary and sexual predation by Eurasian Neanderthals.
Vendramini's discovery of the traumatic secret history of our ancestors resolves the last great mysteries of our species - how, why, when and where we became human beings.
It is unquestionable the biggest shake-up in evolutionary theory since Darwin.
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May
6th 2010
 Major
new Neanderthal
study supports NP Theory
A landmark 'Draft Sequence of the Neanderthal Genome' published today in the prestigeious journal, Science has confirmed a number of core predictions of Neanderthal Predation theory. Read more.. |
"Sometimes it takes an outsider to cut through the most intractable problems of science. That is what Vendramini's approach offers the reader in his daring claims about the interactions between humans and their most famous evolutionary relatives, the Neanderthals."
Archaeologist, Iain Davidson, Emeritus Professor of Archaeology, University of New England, Australia. Visiting Professor of Australian Studies, Harvard University
'them'
the perfect predator
Evolutionary detective Danny Vendramini has conducted an exhaustive re-examination of Neanderthal behavioural ecology and physiology. He shows that Neanderthals evolved in ice-age Europe and were a cold-adapted species, very different from the humans who migrated out of Africa. They had thick body fur and flat primate faces to protect them against the lethal cold.Neanderthals also abandoned their hunter-gatherer lifestyle and diet and became exclusive carnivore predators.
This new portrait of our closest hominid relatives is the key to understanding human evolution.
Read more...
"We've been called the 'third chimpanzee'. Instead, Vendramini asks: Why are we such a distinctively odd primate species -- anatomically, behaviourally, and beset by dark atavistic fears? His thesis that intensive predation by Neanderthals enforced rapid, protective, evolutionary changes offers innovative insight into the many things about 'us' that we might otherwise take for granted. A well-argued case to be answered."
Tony McMichael
Professor of Population Health, NHMRC Australia Fellow National Centre for Epidemiology & Population Health. The Australian National University. Canberra
what neanderthals really looked like
This is how scientists and the
media portray Neanderthals, so
human-like they wouldn't look out of place sipping a cappuccino in a
Fifth Avenue bistro.
But according to Vendramini's research, they looked nothing like this. He believes they are anthropomorphic fantasies conceived by artists and unsupported by the scientific evidence
Danny Vendramini and Spanish digital sculptor Arturo Balseiro scanned a Neanderthal skull then used NP theory and the latest computer technology to generate the most accurate forensic reconstruction of a Neanderthal ever produced.
See what they really looked likeFor
the first time, our startling new forensic reconstruction reveals the
creatures that hunted, raped and killed your ancestors for 50,000 years.
This is the stuff of
nightmares.
Every monster from every myth, every
horror novel and every scary movie is derived from this quintessential
beast.
"This book could, hopefully will, bring about revolutionary and productive changes in our understanding of human nature."
Dr. Andrew Bell, author of Creative Health
us
human evolution, physiology and behaviour
NP theory is a 'unified field theory' which provides a simple explanation for a wide range of biological phenomena related to human evolution, physiology, psychology, behaviour and history. It explains in simple terms why we're such a unique species.NP theory allows us to comprehend the complexity and uniqueness of homo sapiens as a species for the first time.
Read more...
"The prospect of receiving a manuscript which will transform a world scientific viewpoint is a publisher’s ultimate dream. When Danny Vendramini sent a draft of Them and Us I became excited from the very first chapter. My hunch that this work would transform our thinking about Neanderthals and humans was supported by a glowing reader’s report from an eminent scholar of anthropology and archaeology. It is a true honour to have the Kardoorair imprint on this work."
Anthony Bennett, Managing Director, Kardoorair Press
free downloads
On our Extracts Page, you can download five sample chapters of them+us free.Vendramini writes in a clear lively style for a general readership, you don't need to be a scientist to understand it. It reads like a detective story.
He also uses 280 photos, drawings, maps and graphics to tell the exciting story of human evolution.
vendramini's paper on np theory
Aademically minded? Download Danny Vendramini's paper on Neanderthal Predation theory - also free.
Despite its 51 pages, 12 charts and 820 references, this paper is an overview of NP theory only, and should be read in conjunction with the book.
"A daring, possibly revolutionizing theory, well-reasoned and well researched."
Professor Johan van der Dennen, author of 'The Origins of War'
them+us -
the book
| Title: | Them and Us: How Neanderthal predation created modern humans |
| Author: | Danny Vendramini |
| Edition: | First Edition |
| Format: | 234 x 153mm - C format |
| Pages: | 384pp, soft cover. Illustrated throughout with
280 B/W
photos, maps and diagrams. Includes index, 800 scientific references and glossary |
| ISBN: | 9780908244775 (pbk.) |
| Subjects: | Anthropology, Predation (Biology), Human evolution, Neanderthals, Human beings |
| Dewey #: | 304 |
"A thought provoking outside-the-square theory which may or may not ruffle the feathers of the
scientific establishment".
Palaeontologist, Dr Ben McHenry, South Australian Museum
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"His ideas and theories are a veritable scientific tour de force, reminiscent of Darwin, Mendel, Galileo and other radical scientific adventurers. He has applied his artistic imagination to speculate on an evolutionary scenario and then supported it with a great deal of archaeological and genetic evidence. Reading Them and Us reminded me of the first time I read The Origin of Species at university nearly twenty years ago, it has the same sense of inspired intellect, audacity and sheer brilliance."
Graig Peters, reader review
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"In my life I have not read a more stimulating theory of science. Mr Vendramini is as important a theorist as T.G Dobzhansky. Very recommended. Five stars."
G. Sokolov, reader review
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"Them + Us is stunning intellectual step towards understanding the behaviour and disposition of "modern man", especially homo sapiens' inability as a species to yet surmount the deep habits of fearful, aggressive and xenophobic behaviour.
The huge span of subject matter integrated into the central thesis of Neandertal predation of Cro Magnon man provides an architecture of human development as fundamental as The Origin of the Species. Congratulations and thank you."
Jock Lee
MA Hons. Rhodes Scholar, reader review
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"A fascinating and thought- provoking idea; the perfect basis for an epic Hollywood blockbuster."
Dr Gavin Prideaux, School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University.
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"I've just finished reading your book and was very impressed. I would like to see a TV documentary based on your book... Well done for publishing such a highly provocative and controversial book."
Dr. Lance Storm
School of Psychology
University of Adelaide
Painting a grim picture of the Neanderthal
24 November 2009Kirsten Garratt interviews Danny Vendrmaini on the ABC Radio National Book Show
The author talks about NP theory on Radio National
"Now it all makes sense…so simple, so neat, so obvious – one of those things that I wish I’d thought of! Now, you religious nutters, what was that you were saying about satan and his demons…?"
nopoetlaureate, reader review
about the site
mission statementwww.themandus.org is an initiative of Kardoorair Press. Our intention is to provide an educational resource and a forum for debate for Neanderthal Predation theory.
"Danny Vendramini offers us very feasible and thoroughly researched explanations for many aspects of the homo sapiens character, particularly our intelligence, our ferocity and our xenophobia, that have previously been inexplicable. He provides us with a new perspective on the murderous and paranoid aspects of human nature that can help to guide us in our efforts to live peacefully and happily on our lovely planet. "
Deborah Yates, New Zealand
teem theory
Neanderthal predation theory was developed by Danny Vednramini using his 'teem theory' of behavioural evolution. This theory is described on his website: The Second Evolution
