Rebecca Wragg Sykes | |
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Nationality | British |
Alma mater | University of Bristol (BA), University of Southampton (MA), University of Sheffield (PhD) |
Occupation(s) | Paleolithic archaeologist, broadcaster, writer |
Known for | Middle Palaeolithic studies, Neanderthal research, co-founding TrowelBlazers |
Notable work | Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art |
Rebecca Wragg Sykes is a British paleolithic archaeologist, broadcaster, popular science writer and author who lives in Wales. She is interested in the Middle Palaeolithic, specifically in the lives of Neanderthals; and she is one of the founders of TrowelBlazers, a website set up to celebrate the lives of women in archaeology, palaeontology and geology. She is a patron of Humanists UK.[1]