by Rebecca Wragg Sykes

4.5 stars – 739 reviews

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‘Beautiful, evocative, authoritative.’ Professor Brian Cox

‘Important reading not just for anyone interested in these ancient cousins of ours, but also for anyone interested in humanity.’ Yuval Noah Harari

Kindred is the definitive guide to the Neanderthals. Since their discovery more than 160 years ago, Neanderthals have metamorphosed from the losers of the human family tree to A-list hominins.Rebecca Wragg Sykes uses her experience at the cutting-edge of Palaeolithic research to share our new understanding of Neanderthals, shoving aside clichés of rag-clad brutes in an icy wasteland. She reveals them to be curious, clever connoisseurs of their world, technologically inventive and ecologically adaptable. Above all, they were successful survivors for more than 300,000 years, during times of massive climatic upheaval.

Much of what defines us was also in Neanderthals, and their DNA is still inside us. Planning, co-operation, altruism, craftsmanship, aesthetic sense, imagination, perhaps even a desire for transcendence beyond mortality. Kindred does for Neanderthals what Sapiens did for us, revealing a deeper, more nuanced story where humanity itself is our ancient, shared inheritance.

by B Amber Curzie

4.5 stars – 5 reviews

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Meana is an 8 year old little girl that lives with her parents and four brothers. She really loves Jesus. She believes he is a Hero! She wants to show love to her family and friends so she can be more like Jesus. She even named her dog, Hero, in honor of Jesus.One problem… she needs a little girl her own age to play with. She prays for a friend to come into her life. Will today be the day her prayers are answered?