Sheanderthal Not all Neanderthals were ‘cavemen’: half were women. What can archaeologists tell us about how they lived? Rebecca Wragg Sykes Illustration by Tom Björklund AEON 12 January 2021 Rebecca Wragg Sykes is a Palaeolithic archaeologist and honorary fellow at the University of Liverpool, specialising in Neanderthals. She is co-founder of the Trowelblazers website, celebrating women archae..