We shall study cutting edge information about the lives of the Neanderthal hominins. Our perception of the Neanderthal has changed dramatically. Since their discovery 150 years ago, Neanderthals have gone from the losers of the human family tree to the top of the list. The text is based on the author's first-hand experience and her expertise at the cutting-edge of Palaeolithic research. This book sheds new light on where they lived, what they ate, and the increasingly complex Neanderthal culture that researchers have discovered. 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, to the more enduring mysteries of how they lived and died, and the biggest question of them all: their relationship with modern humans.
1. Introduction and Chapter 1 The First Face and Chapter 2 The River Fells the Tree
2. Chapter 3 Bodies Growing and Chapter 4 Bodies Living
3. Chapter 5 Ice and Fire and Chapter 6 The Rocks Remain
4. Chapter 7 Material World and Chapter 8 Eat and Live
5. Chapter 9 Chez Neanderthal
6. Chapter 10 Into the Land
7. Chapter 11 Beautiful Things
8. Chapter 12 Minds Inside and Chapter 13 Many Ways to Die up to p. 304 The Closest Cut
9. Chapter 13 from p. 304 The Closest Cut and Chapter 14 Time Travellers in the Blood and Chapter 15 Denouements
10. Chapter 16 Immortal Beloved and Epilogue
No class September 23.
Wragg Sykes, Rebecca. Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art. Bloomsbury. 2022.