Quote:Having thought of Neanderthals as backward, brutish and doomed, we now, on the discovery that they had cosmetics, realise how great they were. What clearer sign of their sentience, their immortal souls, the fact that they too gazed at the stars and wondered, than their proclivity for tarting themselves up? For where there is make-up, then high heels, piercings, tattoos and push-up bras must surely follow.