A review by pickwickthedodo
Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art by Rebecca Wragg Sykes

4.0

Really interesting, if a little dense and repetitive at times. Sykes mostly succeeds in taking you through a very complex and lesser known period of history and explaining it clearly (and without feeling like you're reading a text book). I particularly enjoyed the more personal stories pertaining to art and potentially beloved objects.

I did not love the epilogue, it felt random and out of step with the rest of the book (I know it was meant to be looking to the future (ie climate change, pandemics) but that would have made a lot more sense if 'the future' had been referenced literally at any point in the rest of the book).