Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art
Autor Rebecca Wragg Sykesen Limba Engleză Paperback – 19 aug 2021
'Beautiful, evocative, authoritative.' Professor Brian Cox
'Important reading not just for anyone interested in these ancient cousins of ours, but also for anyone interested in humanity.' Yuval Noah Harari
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.
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.
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.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781472937476
ISBN-10: 1472937473
Pagini: 416
Ilustrații: black and white illustrations throughout and an 8-page colour section
Dimensiuni: 138 x 206 x 46 mm
Greutate: 0.35 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Sigma
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1472937473
Pagini: 416
Ilustrații: black and white illustrations throughout and an 8-page colour section
Dimensiuni: 138 x 206 x 46 mm
Greutate: 0.35 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Sigma
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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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
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
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 of Sapiens
Beautiful, evocative, authoritative. Kindred is a beautifully written exploration of our fast-developing understanding of Neanderthals and their culture and a compelling insight into how modern science is revealing the secrets of an extinct species who, for 350 thousand years before Homo Sapiens became dominant, inhabited a world "as wide and rich as the Roman Empire."
Rebecca Wragg-Sykes's fact-packed but highly readable book 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, Kindred is 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 Sykes balances admirable scientific caution with her joyous enthusiasm, and the result is a generous, enthralling history of 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 paints a vivid portrait of our adaptable ancient relatives ... immersive.
Kindred is a tour 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 paints a fascinating picture of a field transformed almost beyond recognition over the past 30 years.
Current, compelling, well researched, beautifully written and poetical, Kindred is like no other book you've read on Neanderthals.
Beautiful, evocative, authoritative. Kindred is a beautifully written exploration of our fast-developing understanding of Neanderthals and their culture and a compelling insight into how modern science is revealing the secrets of an extinct species who, for 350 thousand years before Homo Sapiens became dominant, inhabited a world "as wide and rich as the Roman Empire."
Rebecca Wragg-Sykes's fact-packed but highly readable book 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, Kindred is 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 Sykes balances admirable scientific caution with her joyous enthusiasm, and the result is a generous, enthralling history of 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 paints a vivid portrait of our adaptable ancient relatives ... immersive.
Kindred is a tour 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 paints a fascinating picture of a field transformed almost beyond recognition over the past 30 years.
Current, compelling, well researched, beautifully written and poetical, Kindred is like no other book you've read on Neanderthals.
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/