thesweetcheat
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Re: Neanderthals v Humans
Nov 08, 2012, 21:49
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That's interesting indeed. Actually I meant to say scurvy, not sure why I wrote rickets (but ties in nicely with your link anyway!).
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Littlestone
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Re: Neanderthals v Humans
Nov 09, 2012, 08:22
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Interesting news this morning on the discovery in France of an almost complete skeleton of a mammoth thought to be between 130,000 and 190,000 years old. “Two tiny fragments of flint blade have been found embedded in the mammoth's skull close to one of its tusks.” The fragments may have belonged to Neanderthals.
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tiompan
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Re: Neanderthals v Humans
Nov 09, 2012, 18:09
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This may be of interst .
http://audioboo.fm/boos/1049857
The Geno 2.0 project should start providing data in the next few days , on much more than just the neanderhal genome , they have promised much but we'll have to wait and see.
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Littlestone
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Re: Neanderthals v Humans
Nov 09, 2012, 21:13
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Where we turned left, and where we turned right – nice turn of phrase :-)
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tomwatts
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Re: Neanderthals v Humans
Nov 17, 2012, 22:59
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http://elpais.com/elpais/2012/09/23/inenglish/1348403145_969956.html
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Harryshill
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Re: Neanderthals v Humans
Nov 18, 2012, 06:34
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I saw that. No indication of trading in this group.
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Littlestone
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Re: Neanderthals v Humans
Nov 18, 2012, 07:38
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tomwatts wrote:
Interesting, and this bit is rather touching -
It was on the floor of Des-Cubierta that the Neanderthal must have placed the dead body of a small child aged two-and-a-half to three years old. They placed two slabs of stone and an aurochs horn on top, and set the body on fire. Baquedano explains that they found some of the child's teeth - they call it a little girl, although they have no scientific evidence of its gender - as well as a piece of coal that turned up just a few days ago and which will enable precise dating. "Complete burials, with a clear structure that allows [researchers] to reconstruct behaviors, is a very rare thing in any part of the world," says Arsuaga, who is also co-director of the excavations at the major prehistoric site of Atapuerca.
See also this link courtesy BuckyE.
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