127. Neanderthals

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Explicitly mentioned as 'a book by Rebecca Rag Sykes that came out last year' about Neanderthals. The host quotes from it at the beginning of the episode and mentions wanting to read it.

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Dominic recommends this as 'an absolutely magnificent novel' about Neanderthals, where readers see the world through Neanderthal eyes. Described as 'probably the best' of Golding's books.

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Tom mentions receiving this book as a Christmas gift from his parents, describing it as 'his wonderful book' when introducing the guest Chris Stringer.

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Listed by Tom as one of Chris Stringer's other books when introducing the guest.

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Listed by Tom as one of Chris Stringer's books when introducing the guest.

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Listed by Tom as one of Chris Stringer's books when introducing the guest.

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Referenced in discussion about the timing of the Neanderthal discovery, noting it was announced around the same year (1859) as Darwin's famous work was published.

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Chris Stringer mentions that Ralph Solecki, who led the Shanidar excavations, 'wrote a book called Neanderthals, The First Flower Children' (title may be slightly different) reflecting 1960s views of Neanderthals.

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Chris Stringer mentions H.G. Wells 'writing a story called The Grizzly Folk' which painted Neanderthals as very distinct and ape-like, representing a 'dark side' of humanity.

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Chris Stringer recommends this as part of 'a series of novels' by a paleontologist about the Neanderthal-modern human interface, noting that in the book modern humans call Neanderthals 'trolls'.