Neil Thomas Bockoven is an award-winning Ph.D. geologist and journalist with 35 years of experience in minerals exploration. His current interests center on the interaction between Early Modern Humans and Neanderthals during the Paleolithic Age, and the amazing related discoveries being made through archaeology and genetics. In addition to Moctu and the Mammoth People, Neil also has published a related children’s book titled When We Met Neanderthals.