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Narrated by:
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Rebecca Wragg Sykes
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Written by:
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Rebecca Wragg Sykes
About this listen
Kindred is the definitive guide to the Neanderthals.
Since their discovery more than 160 years ago, Neanderthals have metamorphosed from the losers of the human family tree to A-list hominins.
In Kindred, 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. They ranged across vast tracts of tundra and steppe, but also stalked in dappled forests and waded in the Mediterranean Sea. Above all, they were successful survivors for more than 300,000 years, during times of massive climatic upheaval.
At a time when our species has never faced greater threats, we're obsessed with what makes us special. But, much 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.
Kindred does for Neanderthals what Sapiens did for us, revealing a deeper, more nuanced story where humanity itself is our ancient, shared inheritance. It is only by understanding them, that we can truly understand ourselves.
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- Mich
- 2023-01-17
Wonderful, insightful and just a little sad
Rebecca paints amazing pictures of the world of the Neanderthals. Close your eyes and let your mind travel.
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- cellarpat
- 2021-01-09
Thought-provoking, riveting book
Well written, beautifully narrated book; I want to read more about Neanderthals and more from this author. The book delves into technically abstract subject matter but the author makes it both interesting and understandable (although it helps if the reader has a degree in biological sciences).
I found this book very satisfying. I didn't want it to end, and plan to listen to it again.
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- Andrew
- 2023-09-08
Beautiful presentation and fascinating information
I thoroughly enjoyed “kindred” and found it fascinating with both the work that has been done in the study of Neanderthals and about their lives. There were some times I wondered if the author was extrapolating a bit too much based on the evidence presented, but it is a very different look at these people that challenges our assumptions. I think one of the takeaways I had was to realize that they had to invent everything… from what was safe to eat, to how to hunt for animals and construct tools.
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