An engaging account of Neanderthal life, incorporating discoveries from recent research which shed a great deal of light on matters such as diet and weapons. I will confess the author went into far more detail than I really cared about on some topics (in particular, lithics) but others may delight themselves with such matters. My principal complaint about the book should probably be assigned to the publisher: a complete lack of notes or references. I understand that a book aimed at a lay audience might best be presented without distracting and possibly off-putting footnotes, but end-notes or even a bibliography of suggestions for further reading or an accompanying web site I think would have been appropriate.