Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art

by Rebecca Wragg Sykes

Moreover, looked at over the full span of time between around 400 to 45 ka, contrary to the clichés, Neanderthals actually lived through more interglacials than glacials.

The enduring myth that Neanderthal technology was stuck in some kind of cognitive mire, bogged down by minds unable to innovate, is false.

However, old notions about a particular ‘cradle of humanity’ have now been superseded. The most recent fossil and genetic evidence suggests we evolved from an anatomically diverse meta-population, connected across many regions of the continent.