{"product_id":"kindred-neanderthal-life-love-death-and-art-paperback","title":"Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRebecca Wragg Sykes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Beautiful, evocative, authoritative.' Professor Brian Cox\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Important reading not just for anyone interested in these ancient cousins of ours, but also for anyone interested in humanity.' Yuval Noah Harari\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKindred\u003c\/i\u003e is the definitive guide to the Neanderthals. \u003c\/b\u003eSince 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 clichés of rag-clad brutes in an icy wasteland. She reveals them to be curious, clever connoisseurs of their world, technologically inventive and ecologically adaptable. Above all, they were successful survivors for more than 300,000 years, during times of massive climatic upheaval. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMuch of what defines us was also in Neanderthals, and their DNA is still inside us. Planning, co-operation, altruism, craftsmanship, aesthetic sense, imagination, perhaps even a desire for transcendence beyond mortality. \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eKindred\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e does for Neanderthals what \u003ci\u003eSapiens \u003c\/i\u003edid for us, revealing a deeper, more nuanced story where humanity itself is our ancient, shared inheritance. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRebecca Wragg Sykes\u003c\/b\u003e has been fascinated by the vanished worlds of the Pleistocene ice ages since childhood, and followed this interest through a career researching the most enigmatic characters of all, the Neanderthals. After a PhD on the last Neanderthals living in Britain, she was a Marie Curie Fellow at the PACEA laboratory, Université de Bordeaux, France, working on Neanderthal landscapes and territories in the Massif Central, south-east France. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHer writing has featured in the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, Aeon and \u003ci\u003eScientific American\u003c\/i\u003e, and she has appeared on history and science programmes for BBC Radio 4. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e@LeMoustier \/ www.rebeccawraggsykes.com\/\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.11 x 8.21 x 5.49 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 14, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50333736042733,"sku":"9781635579895","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/wj9UWmMnQc9781635579895.webp?v=1784991988","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/products\/kindred-neanderthal-life-love-death-and-art-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}