Neanderthals Wore Eagle Talons As Jewelry 130,000 Years Ago

Live Science ^ | 3-14-2015 | Megan Gannon

[Conservative4Ever]

I’ll bet pet rocks went for a premium price.

[max americana]

Exactly. they were too busy accessorizing and didn’t see the writing on the wall...

[Popman]

"It fits in with this general picture that's emerging that Neanderthals were much more modern in their behavior."

First of all, just how do they know about Neanderthals behavior...?

Are they basing their opinion on watching Fred Flintstone cartoons...?

Also considering the ancients peoples have build and made things we still do not understand how they did it, with all of our modern technology tells me they were not at all different from modern man...

In some respects better...

[TalBlack]

You cannot be deceived about that which you cannot comprehend.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Oog: isn’t this just a grand set of toothpicks?
Goog: Hunk-uh.

[MotorCityBuck]

I dont understand a word you just said.

;)

[minnesota_bound]

bones of rhinos and cave bears
Going up against them with spears. Those were real hunters.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks blam.

The Neandertal Enigma
by James Shreeve
in local libraries

"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]

recently posted, but I'm going to ping it anyway, so there.

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KEYWORDS: neandertal; neandertals; neanderthal; neanderthals

[Alas Babylon!]

My guess is that if you cleaned these people up to first world standards--styled hair, tailored clothing, good shoes and a little tasteful jewelry, no one would turn and stare, except perhaps in admiration...

Absolutely trendy... Hipsters even!

[Does so]

The smart ones have considerable Neanderthal DNA.

They accumulated many talons.

Matthew 24: 14-30 ESV

[TruthWillWin]

Dewey Crow?

[sparklite2]

Or as Homer Simpson said, “It takes two people to make a lie, Marge. One to lie and one to listen.”

[FredZarguna]

It's not like the folks in that holler without Neanderthal DNA are all that much more sophisticated...

[FBD]

“...bones of rhinos and cave bears
Going up against them with spears.
Those were real hunters.”

-isn’t it entirely probable that the rhino and bear bones were scavenged from already dead rhinos and bears? Not only probable, but I’m guessing more likely, especially then killing a rhino.

[minnesota_bound]

Neanderthals used .45-70 spears for rhinos.
Example below.

[beebuster2000]

I wonder if they had a quarterback worth a damn back then

[FBD]

Thanks, that boggles my mind that they just had wooden spears for offensive weapons. Just seems so hard to believe that they could or even try to bring down a rhino with a wooden spears.

[colorado tanker]

Krapina

There is actually a place called Krapina? Must be in Lower Slobovia.

[blam]

"Thanks, that boggles my mind that they just had wooden spears for offensive weapons. Just seems so hard to believe that they could or even try to bring down a rhino with a wooden spears."

400,000 year old spears found in an German coal mine!

[blam]

Krapina

"Krapina is a town in northern Croatia and the administrative centre of Krapina-Zagorje County with a population of 4,482 (2011) and a total municipality population of 12,480 (2011).[1] Krapina is located in the hilly Zagorje region of Croatia, approximately 55 km (34 mi) away from both Zagreb and Varaždin."