If you expect a bit more engaging popular science approach, you’ll probably find this book a bit lacking.

If you expect science and detail (although passionate, even in the drier sections), you’ll get that. I’m that oddball who sometimes does, and it mostly worked for me. Whether you enjoy this book or not depends on whether you ever find textbooks enjoyable. She is a popular speaker, appearing on a variety of radio and podcast programmes including for the BBC and NPR.

Winner of the 2021 PEN Hessell-Tiltman prize for history awarded Book of the Year by Current Archaeology selected as one of 2021's 100 Notable Books by The New York Times, a Book of the Year by The Sunday Times, Book of the Week by The Times and Book of the Day by The Guardian, KINDRED is being translated into 19 languages so far.Īlongside her academic expertise and consultancy work, Rebecca has earned a reputation for exceptional public communication, with her writing featuring in The New York Times, The Times, The Guardian, Aeon and elsewhere. Her critically acclaimed and bestselling first book KINDRED: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art is a deep dive into the 21st century science and understanding of these ancient relatives. Dr Rebecca Wragg Sykes is an archaeologist, author and Honorary Fellow in the School of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology at the University of Liverpool.

Kindred rebecca wragg sykes review