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*Hominids* follows Ponter Boddit, a Neanderthal scientist who, after unintentionally breaching the barrier between worlds, finds himself in our universe. Recognized as a Neanderthal at first and soon as a scientist, he is quarantined and studied while he adapts to life in a strange land. With the help of a Canadian geneticist, Mary Vaughan, and a supportive doctor and physicist, Ponter navigates cultural shock and a tense investigation. Meanwhile, his partner, Adikor Huld, must clear his own name while recovering a missing body and unraveling the events that brought Ponter to the wrong world.
First publish date: 2002
Genre: Science Fiction/Hard Science Fiction
Authors: Robert J. Sawyer
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