Whatever the reason, it does create a rather attractive appearance, don't you think?
Posted on 10/21/2010 8:42:01 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Scientists said Monday they had uncovered evidence suggesting cave dwellers who lived in northern Spain some 500,000 years ago took care of their elderly and infirm.
University of Madrid palaeontologists discovered the partial skeleton of a male of a European species ancestral to the Neanderthals who suffered from a stoop and possibly needed a stick to remain upright, they said in a statement.
"This individual would be probably impaired for hunting, among other activities. His survival during a considerable period with these impairments allows us to hypothesize that the nomadic group of which this individual was part would provide special care to aged individuals," it said.
The remains suggested the cave dweller died when he was over 45. They were found at Atapuerca in northern Spain's Burgos province, the site of several caves containing evidence of prehistoric human occupation.
The results of the study have been accepted for publication in the online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States, the scientists said.
An earlier study carried out at the same site in 2009 concluded that the cave dwellers who lived there were cannibals who valued the flesh of children and adolescents.
In 1994, palaeontologists also unearthed at Atapuerca the fossilised remains of Homo antecessor, or "Pioneer Man", believed to date back 800,000 years.
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Whatever the reason, it does create a rather attractive appearance, don't you think?
“An earlier study carried out at the same site in 2009 concluded that the cave dwellers who lived there were cannibals who valued the flesh of children and adolescents.”
Although the children may be tenderer and the teens tastier, in most societies the elderly are the first to go.
I bet the ‘sign’ from the title of the article said something like:
Obama Nutrition Panels for Free Soylent Green of the Elderly down this corridor.——>
That article says that although some humans may have Neanderthal DNA, the Neanderthal is a different species.
I'm just trying to figure out if you're arguing with me from the perspective that Neanderthals are a scientific concoction and that all forms of homo hominids are descended from Adam a few thousand years ago.
You were aware that "Adam" simply means "Man", right?
I certainly don't know anyone like that, but we are speaking of Neanderthals who lived in Europe through several Ice Ages, each more than 100,000 years long.
Roger that.
You've just made my day -- Thank you!!
:’)
You are most welcome.
Probably very close to the original at 20, needs more brow ridge though.
I hope you are kidding.
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