In this enjoyable, entertaining and well-researched book, Julian Heath writes of the lives of the Neanderthals in Wales and Europe and in Mesolithic sites in Wales, and examines the Paviland 'Red Lady' find of 1822, hunter-gatherer communities, bead factories, and footprints - animal and human.The author brings to life people who lived so long ago, and also employs new data and new scientific research in his highlighting of Wales' internationally important sites.