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Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art

Autor Rebecca Wragg Sykes
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 19 aug 2020

"Kindred is important reading not just for anyone interested in these ancient cousins of ours, but also for anyone interested in humanity."--The New York Times Book Review

"[A] bold and magnificent attempt to resurrect our Neanderthal kin."--The Wall Street Journal

In Kindred, Neanderthal expert Rebecca Wragg Sykes shoves aside the cliché of the shivering ragged figure in an icy wasteland, and reveals the Neanderthal you don't know, our ancestor who lived across vast and diverse tracts of Eurasia and survived through hundreds of thousands of years of massive climate change. This book sheds new light on where they lived, what they ate, and the increasingly complex Neanderthal culture that researchers have discovered.

Since their discovery 150 years ago, Neanderthals have gone from the losers of the human family tree to A-list hominins. Our perception of the Neanderthal has changed dramatically, but despite growing scientific curiosity, popular culture fascination, and a wealth of coverage in the media and beyond are we getting the whole story? The reality of 21st century Neanderthals is complex and fascinating, yet remains virtually unknown and inaccessible outside the scientific literature.

Based on the author's first-hand experience at the cutting-edge of Palaeolithic research and theory, this easy-to-read but information-rich book lays out the first full picture we have of the Neanderthals, from amazing new discoveries changing our view of them forever, to the more enduring mysteries of how they lived and died, and the biggest question of them all: their relationship with modern humans.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781472937490
ISBN-10: 147293749X
Pagini: 400
Ilustrații: black and white illustrations throughout and an 8-page colour section
Dimensiuni: 153 x 234 x 38 mm
Greutate: 0.73 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Sigma
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

Written by an internationally respected Neanderthal expert who is dedicated to making research in this field available to the general reader

Notă biografică

Rebecca Wragg Sykes 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.Her writing has featured in theGuardian, Aeon andScientific American, and she has appeared on history and science programmes for BBC Radio 4.@LeMoustier / www.rebeccawraggsykes.com/

Recenzii

Important reading not just for anyone interested in these ancient cousins of ours, but also for anyone interested in humanity. - Yuval Noah Harari, author ofSapiens
Beautiful, evocative, authoritative.Kindredis a beautifully written exploration of our fast-developing understanding of Neanderthals and their cultureand a compelling insight into how modern science is revealing the secrets of an extinct species who, for 350 thousand years beforeHomo Sapiensbecame dominant, inhabited a world "as wide and rich as the Roman Empire."
Rebecca Wragg-Sykes's fact-packed buthighly readablebook puts us right with a superbly authoritative guided tour of much new evidence. It's tempting to say, "If you read only one book about the Neanderthals, read this one" -- except that if the next 20 years provide as many revelations about our ancestors as the past 20 have done, she will need to produce just as weighty a second volume.
Blending cutting-edge science with lyrical storytelling, Rebecca Wragg Sykes paints a detailed portrait of our enigmatic relatives.
Written with such pleasing, elegant prose,Kindredis a captivating ode to the subtle complexities of palaeoanthropology- the thrill of discovery, the frustrating gaps in the evidence, the tantalising question marks hovering above our favourite ideas. Dr Rebecca Wragg Sykesbalances admirable scientific caution with her joyous enthusiasm, and the result is a generous, enthralling historyof how we first came to know our ancient cousins, and how we're still getting to know them today.
'Kindred is a thrillingly full account of what we currently know about the Neanderthals. Wragg Sykes' project is to write about Neanderthals as an end in themselves, not as a failed version of humanity.'
Rebecca Wragg Sykes's book paintsa vivid portraitof our adaptable ancient relatives ... immersive.
Kindredis atour de force.A rich and beautiful synthesis of all that is known about Neanderthal biology and culture, it should be required reading for anyone interested in the history of humanity.
'The knowledge condensed here is certainly impressive . Rebecca Wragg Sykes has studied their landscapes, territories and tools and emerges as an expert and enthusiastic character witness for Neanderthals and their way of life. Neanderthals probably didn't have PR, but they do now.'
Wragg Sykes paintsa fascinating pictureof a field transformed almost beyond recognition over the past 30 years.
Current, compelling, well researched, beautifully written and poetical,Kindredis like no other book you've read on Neanderthals.

Cuprins

A Note on Names
Introduction
Chapter 1: The First Face
Chapter 2: The River Fells the Tree
Chapter 3: Bodies Growing
Chapter 4: Bodies Living
Chapter 5: Ice and Fire
Chapter 6: The Rocks Remain
Chapter 7: Material World
Chapter 8: Eat and Live
Chapter 9: Chez Neanderthal
Chapter 10: Into the Land
Chapter 11: Beautiful Things
Chapter 12: Minds Inside
Chapter 13: Many Ways to Die
Chapter 14: Time Travellers in the Blood
Chapter 15: Denouements
Chapter 16: Immortal Beloved
Epilogue
Acknowledgements
Index