Neanderthal communities divided some of their tasks according to their sex. Grooves found in adult male and female teeth suggests that they carried out different tasks. Credit: CSIC Communications Department
Posted on 02/19/2015 1:22:29 PM PST by SunkenCiv
Neanderthal communities divided some of their tasks according to their sex. This is one of the main conclusions reached by a study performed by the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)... which analyzed 99 incisors and canine teeth of 19 individuals from three different sites (El Sidron, in Asturias - Spain, L'Hortus in France, and Spy in Belgium), reveals that the dental grooves present in the female fossils follow the same pattern, which is different to that found in male individuals.
Analyses show that all Neanderthal individuals, regardless of age, had dental grooves. According to Antonio Rosas, CSIC researcher at the Spanish National Museum of Natural Sciences...
Other variables analyzed are the tiny spalls of the teeth enamel. Male individuals show a greater number of nicks in the enamel and dentin of the upper parts, while in female individuals these imperfections appear in the lower parts.
It is still unclear which activities corresponded to women and which ones to men. However, the authors of the study note that, as in modern hunter-gatherer societies, women may have been responsible for the preparation of furs and the elaboration of garments. Researchers state that the retouching of the edges of stone tools seems to have been a male task...
Rosas concludes: "The study of Neanderthals has provided numerous discoveries in recent years. We have moved from thinking of them as little evolved beings, to know that they took care of the sick persons, buried their deceased, ate seafood, and even had different physical features than expected: there were redhead individuals, and with light skin and eyes. So far, we thought that the sexual division of labor was typical of sapiens societies, but apparently that's not true".
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Neanderthal communities divided some of their tasks according to their sex. Grooves found in adult male and female teeth suggests that they carried out different tasks. Credit: CSIC Communications Department
The Neandertal Enigma"Frayer's own reading of the record reveals a number of overlooked traits that clearly and specifically link the Neandertals to the Cro-Magnons. One such trait is the shape of the opening of the nerve canal in the lower jaw, a spot where dentists often give a pain-blocking injection. In many Neandertal, the upper portion of the opening is covered by a broad bony ridge, a curious feature also carried by a significant number of Cro-Magnons. But none of the alleged 'ancestors of us all' fossils from Africa have it, and it is extremely rare in modern people outside Europe." [pp 126-127]
by James Shreeve
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OK so they were just as smart as most animals and even insects. How much did this research cost us?
What about the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered Neanderthals??? What was their role in Neanderthal society?? Were they discriminated against by Neanderthal bigots????
Willing tools of the patriarchy!
What sexists. Where was NOW?
Improperly prepared blowfish is probably what wiped them out.
So modern man, as opposed to Neanderthal/Cromagnon, survived because we were equipped for dental work. It all makes sense now.
“What about the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered Neanderthals???”
The Neanderthals died out, didn’t they?
Modern humans, take warning.
Wow, what a bunch of Neanderthals they were.
PIV is always rape, ok?
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Researchers state that the retouching of the edges of stone tools seems to have been a male task...
With their teeth?
Oh the horror! The sexism!
One sex better at certain tasks than the other?
BLASPHEMY! HERESY!
So, instead of saying “iron my shirt”,
he said “chew my stick”?
Wat about the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered Neanderthals?
Why do you think they died out....
Wow! He really WAS oppressive...
Hey, this is a family site. ;’)
Uh, we ARE Cro-magnons.
Who cut their hair?
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