Welcome again Cave Dwellers, to the next episode of The Neanderthal Mind. This week, I have the utmost pleasure and honor of sitting down with the one and only, Dr. Rebecca Wragg Sykes. She is the author of a number one selling, critically acclaimed book, titled, "Kindred, Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art". Rebecca is a career Archeologist, as well as an Honorary Fellow at the University of Liverpool and chercheur bénévol at Université de Bordeaux. Rebecca is as well, on top of all of that, one of the four founding members of Trowel Blazers, a foundation for the celebration of women archaeologists, paleontologists, and geologists.

Rebecca is active in current movements to advance equality within the archaeological professions, including being part of the Inclusive Archaeology project, and working collectively with organizations including British Women Archaeologists. In this first part of two episodes, as if you didn’t know that it would be a 2 parter already, Rebecca and I discuss her early years, her experiences in Archeology and, what led her to write her Critically Acclaimed book, Kindred. So Cave Dwellers, sit back, relax and enjoy the show. I'll see you on the flip side.