Books by Rebecca Wragg Sykes
Rebecca Wragg Sykes is an archaeologist, author and public scholar. She is an Honorary Research Associate at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research at the University of Cambridge as well as Honorary Fellow at the School of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology at the University of Liverpool.
“People are very interested in Neanderthals, but they find it a bit intimidating because it seems so distant. Also, the majority of the scientific literature is just not accessible to most people. After writing Kindred, I have received hundreds of wonderful letters and emails. A lot of people have said that they were able to imagine themselves back in the past thanks to my work, and they didn’t expect to have that emotional connection. That was what I was hoping.” Read more...
Interviews with Rebecca Wragg Sykes
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The Inheritors
by William Golding, with a foreword by Ben Okri -
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The Clan of the Cave Bear
by Jean Auel -
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The Last Neanderthal
by Claire Cameron -
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The Naked Neanderthal: A New Understanding of the Human Creature
by Ludovic Slimak and translated by David Watson -
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The Seventh Son
by Sebastian Faulks
Five Books Imagining Neanderthals, recommended by Rebecca Wragg Sykes
Five Books Imagining Neanderthals, recommended by Rebecca Wragg Sykes
All archaeologists have to do some imagining because the data they work with is so partial and fragmentary, says Rebecca Wragg Sykes, author of Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art. She picks five books that help bring to life our closest relations, from a historical novel by a Nobel Prize-winning writer to a work of sci-fi about a hybrid Neanderthal child.
Interviews where books by Rebecca Wragg Sykes were recommended
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1
The Inheritors
by William Golding, with a foreword by Ben Okri -
2
The Clan of the Cave Bear
by Jean Auel -
3
The Last Neanderthal
by Claire Cameron -
4
The Naked Neanderthal: A New Understanding of the Human Creature
by Ludovic Slimak and translated by David Watson -
5
The Seventh Son
by Sebastian Faulks
Five Books Imagining Neanderthals, recommended by Rebecca Wragg Sykes
Five Books Imagining Neanderthals, recommended by Rebecca Wragg Sykes
All archaeologists have to do some imagining because the data they work with is so partial and fragmentary, says Rebecca Wragg Sykes, author of Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art. She picks five books that help bring to life our closest relations, from a historical novel by a Nobel Prize-winning writer to a work of sci-fi about a hybrid Neanderthal child.
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Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art
by Rebecca Wragg Sykes -
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Evolution's Bite: A Story of Teeth, Diet, and Human Origins
by Peter Ungar -
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Paleofantasy: What Evolution Really Tells Us about Sex, Diet, and How We Live
by Marlene Zuk -
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Tales Teeth Tell: Development, Evolution, Behavior
by Tanya M. Smith -
5
Our Human Story
by Chris Stringer & Louise Humphrey
The best books on Anthropology, recommended by Brenna Hassett
The best books on Anthropology, recommended by Brenna Hassett
New techniques have uncovered an enormous amount of information about how humans evolved and new human species continue to pop up on a regular basis. Biological anthropologist Brenna Hassett, author of Growing Up Human, recommends books to learn more about our ancestors and how we became the human beings we are today.
