François Savatier

François Savatier is a journalist for the magazine Pour la Science (the French edition of Scientific American), where he focuses on the science of the past. He previously coauthored the award-winning book, Neanderthal, My Brother.

A Pocket History of Human Evolution
How We Became Sapiens
by Silvana Condemi, François Savatier
Paperback | $15.95 US / $21 CAN

Prehistory has never been more exciting: New discoveries are overturning long-held theories left and right. Stone tools in Australia date back 65,000 years—a time when, we once thought, the first Sapiens had barely left Africa. DNA sequencing has unearthed a … Continue reading →

The Secret World of Denisovans
The Epic Story of the Ancient Cousins to Sapiens and Neanderthals
by Silvana Condemi, François Savatier
Hardcover | $30.00 US / $39.00 CAN

In December 2010, scientists discovered a fragment of a finger bone in an isolated cave in Siberia. To their surprise, the bone contained neither Homo sapiens nor Neanderthal DNA. The DNA came from a previously unknown species of hominids—the Denisovans—who shared a common ancestor … Continue reading →