Written, more or less, after sitting in a car for four hours, after attending Laurie's Last.

The turning point for my RPM Challenge recordings this year - I'd planned out a bunch of songs to record with just vocals and an acoustic. After several of these sketches presented themselves to my brain, I threw the old plan out.

Featuring: Maddy Bunker, lyrics, guitar ideas Randy Leclair, lyrics, guitar, vocals, mandolin, bass Angela Nadeau, lyrics David Susman, lyrics, piano, commentary Amber Tatnall, lyrics, ukulele

There are several theories concerning the extinction of Neanderthal humans 30,000 years ago. I am struck by the replacement of skilled hunters by aggressive agriculturists -- we're pretty much Cain, aren't we?

Lyrics by Brian Damage of Domestic Science.