âKindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Artâ by Rebecca Wragg Sykes
Rebecca Wragg Sykes argues that weâve spent too much time studying the way Neanderthals interacted with Homo Sapiens and too little studying the way Neanderthals interacted with each other. So she tells us how they lived, treating them not as one of evolutionâs failures but as our close behavioral cousins.
âThe fate of the Neanderthals has monopolised enormous amounts of attention,â she writes, âyet it may be the least interesting thing about them.â
âAn Outsiderâs Guide to Humans: What Science Taught Me About What We Do and Who We Areâ