Rebecca Wragg Sykes, an archaeologist and science writer, attempts to make Neanderthal life comprehensible by explaining with great joy and verve the current state of research and the conclusions that can be drawn from it. She makes the case that Neanderthals did not match the cliché of dumb brutes, but instead underwent major developments and were capable of immense adaptation during their existence of roughly 300,000 years. However, there is a major problem with the book almost from the start, and that is basically the […]