Four views of the most complete lissoir found during excavations at the Neandertal site of Abri Peyrony. (Credit: Image courtesy of Abri Peyrony & Pech-de-l'Azé I Projects)
Posted on 09/27/2013 6:05:12 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
...Dr. Shannon McPherron of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany... and Dr. Michel Lenoir of the University of Bordeaux have been excavating the site of Abri Peyrony where three of the bones were found.
"...Modern humans seem to have entered Europe with pointed bone-tools only, and soon after started to make lissoir. This is the first possible evidence for transmission from Neandertals to our direct ancestors," says Dr. Soressi of Leiden University, Netherland. She and her team found the first of four bone-tools during her excavation at the classic Neandertal site of Pech-de-l'Azé I...
Microwear analysis conducted by Dr. Yolaine Maigrot of the CNRS on of one of the bone tools shows traces compatible with use on soft material like hide. Modern leather workers still use similar tools today. "Lissoirs like these are a great tool for working leather, so much so that 50 thousand years after Neandertals made these, I was able to purchase a new one on the Internet from a site selling tools for traditional craft... It shows that this tool was so efficient that it had been maintained through time with almost no change. It might be one or perhaps even the only heritage from Neandertal times that our society is still using today."
These are not the first Neandertal bone tools, but up to now their bone tools looked like stone tools and were made with stone knapping percussive techniques...
The bone tools were found in deposits containing typical Neandertal stone tools and the bones of hunted animals including horses, reindeer, red deer and bison. At both Abri Peyrony and Pech-de-l'Azé I, there is no evidence of later occupations by modern humans...
(Excerpt) Read more at sciencedaily.com ...
Four views of the most complete lissoir found during excavations at the Neandertal site of Abri Peyrony. (Credit: Image courtesy of Abri Peyrony & Pech-de-l'Azé I Projects)
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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So easy a caveman can do it.
Handaxe design reveals distinct Neanderthal cultures
Eurekalert | Monday, August 19, 2013 | Peter Franklin
Posted on 08/19/2013 8:43:36 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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Giant Prehistoric Elephant Slaughtered by Early Humans
Science News | September 19, 2013 | University of Southampton, via AlphaGalileo
Posted on 09/27/2013 6:10:14 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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The only question now is, where’d they get the specialized bone? ;’)
lol
The biggest news, this was a week ago
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