Relatives. Life, Love, Art and Death of Neanderthals

In the 21st century, many still consider Neanderthals to be an inferior, non-evolving branch of the human race. British archaeologist Rebecca Rags Sykes makes significant efforts to prove the injustice and fallacy of this view. Relying primarily on the latest research from archaeologists, anthropologists, and paleogeneticists, she paints a vivid and quite progressive Neanderthal world of the western part of Eurasia for its time. However, Sykes's goal is not only to demonstrate the achievements of Neanderthals in technology and culture. She aims to awaken empathy in readers, tirelessly reminding throughout the book: in thinking, logic, and feelings, Neanderthals are more similar to us than it seems.