Above all, they were successful survivors for more than 300,000 years, during times of massive climatic upheaval.
She reveals them to be curious, clever connoisseurs of their world, technologically inventive and ecologically adaptable. Since their discovery more than 160 years ago, Neanderthals have metamorphosed from the losers of the human family tree to A-list hominins.Rebecca Wragg Sykes uses her experience at the cutting-edge of Palaeolithic research to share our new understanding of Neanderthals, shoving aside cliches of rag-clad brutes in an icy wasteland. Kindred is the definitive guide to the Neanderthals.
'Important reading not just for anyone interested in these ancient cousins of ours, but also for anyone interested in humanity.' Yuval Noah Harari
Description - Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art by Rebecca Wragg Sykes 'Beautiful, evocative, authoritative.' Professor Brian Cox
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