Science‘Early Man was a Woman’ explores women’s role in prehistory
Science speaks with comic book artist Ulli Lust about depicting archaeology accurately and why the Stone Age is associated with cave men rather than cave women.
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Science reports that the first volume of Ulli Lust’s Early Man was a Woman has been released in English. The Austrian artist spent years reading about ice age archaeology before creating the comic, which explores women’s underappreciated role in prehistory. According to Science, the first volume appeared in German in 2025 and won the prize for best German-language nonfiction book in 2026—the first comic to receive the award.
