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Are these Neanderthal etchings a long-lost message?
FoxNews.com/Science ^ | May 8, 2018 | Laura Geggel, Senior Writer | LiveScience

Posted on 05/16/2018 10:21:01 AM PDT by ETL

A Neanderthal seems to have left a message etched in stone about 35,000 years ago, a new study finds.

An analysis of the slanted, zigzag lines — engraved on a piece of flint discovered at a Neanderthal site in Crimea — reveals that they likely weren't made willy-nilly. Rather, the Neanderthal artist would have needed excellent fine motor skills and attention to detail to etch the lines, which may carry symbolic meaning, the researchers said.

If this new interpretation is correct, the engraved piece of flint will join a growing list of artifacts showing that Neanderthals were likely complex beings who partook in symbolic activities, including intentionally burying their dead and decorating ornaments, the researchers said.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: artifacts; crimea; epigraphyandlanguage; etching; godsgravesglyphs; neandertal; neandertals; neanderthal; neanderthals
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The engraved flint flake from Kiik-Koba, Crimea. The flint has 13 etch marks, which were likely made by one or multiple pointed stones.
Credit: Ana Mahjkic et al./PLoS ONE/CC by 4.0

1 posted on 05/16/2018 10:21:01 AM PDT by ETL
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2 posted on 05/16/2018 10:21:35 AM PDT by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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To: ETL

Golly. Ovaltine has been around longer than I thought.


3 posted on 05/16/2018 10:22:53 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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To: ETL

Like notches on a gun stock?................


4 posted on 05/16/2018 10:23:31 AM PDT by Red Badger (Remember all the great work Obama did for the black community?.............. Me neither.)
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"You think they'll ever figure out that the
message was "Liberals suck""

5 posted on 05/16/2018 10:25:49 AM PDT by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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To: ETL

I’m a Neanderthal man
You’re a Neanderthal girl
Let’s make Neanderthal love
In this Neanderthal world
I’m a Neanderthal man
You’re a Neanderthal girl
Let’s make Neanderthal love
In this Neanderthal world
I’m a Neanderthal man
You’re a Neanderthal girl
Let’s make Neanderthal love
In this Neanderthal world
I’m a Neanderthal man
You’re a Neanderthal girl
Let’s make Neanderthal love
In this Neanderthal world

I’m a Neanderthal man
You’re a Neanderthal girl
Let’s make Neanderthal love
In this Neanderthal world
I’m a Neanderthal man
You’re a Neanderthal girl
Let’s make Neanderthal love
In this Neanderthal world
Neanderthal man
Neanderthal man
Aaaaaaaaaaaaah!
I’m a Neanderthal man
You’re a Neanderthal girl
Let’s make Neanderthal love
In this Neanderthal world
I’m a Neanderthal man
You’re a Neanderthal girl
Let’s make Neanderthal love
In this Neanderthal world
I’m a Neanderthal man
You’re a Neanderthal girl
Let’s make Neanderthal love
In this Neanderthal world
Na na na na na na na na na na na na!
Na na na na na na na na na na na na!
Na na na na na na na na na na na na!
Na na na na na na na na na na na na!
Na na na na na na na na na na na na!
Na na na na na na na na na na na na!
Na na na na na na na na na na na na!
Na na na na na na na na na na na na!
Na na na na na na na na na na na na!
Na na na na na na na na na na na na!

They don’t make songs like that anymore!


6 posted on 05/16/2018 10:27:54 AM PDT by Reily (!!)
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To: ClearCase_guy

It says “I’m so F’n bored. When is Algore going to invent the internet?”


7 posted on 05/16/2018 10:28:16 AM PDT by shotgun
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To: ETL

Something about Ovaltine.


8 posted on 05/16/2018 10:28:51 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: SunkenCiv

*ping*


9 posted on 05/16/2018 10:31:23 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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To: ETL

Isn’t that F. Murray Abraham ?


10 posted on 05/16/2018 10:31:49 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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To: ETL

“Our knives are sharp. They cut stone. Don’t mess with us.”


11 posted on 05/16/2018 10:33:43 AM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: Reily
Message was, "So easy a Liberal can do it"


12 posted on 05/16/2018 10:40:29 AM PDT by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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To: ETL

It’s an attack plan on how to take down a wooly mammoth.
Now krog, you’re the piece of glass, you attack from the right. Gonk you’re the bottle cap you go deep.


13 posted on 05/16/2018 10:40:51 AM PDT by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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To: Reily

14 posted on 05/16/2018 10:41:21 AM PDT by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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To: ETL

Q post?


15 posted on 05/16/2018 10:42:08 AM PDT by TruthWillWin ([MSM]<a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/meet-us-attorney">https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/)
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To: ETL

I thought that show was hilarious!
I am probably the only one in the country with the show DVDs.


16 posted on 05/16/2018 10:43:21 AM PDT by Reily (!!)
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To: ETL
This is what it says:

"We finally really did it. YOU MANIACS! YOU BLEW IT UP! AH, DAMN YOU! GOD DAMN YOU ALL TO HELL!!"

17 posted on 05/16/2018 10:44:35 AM PDT by Jim Noble (The more you tighten your grip, the more star systems will slip through your fingers)
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To: ETL

Looks like a memorial to Thag when the Cave Bear attacked.


18 posted on 05/16/2018 10:45:34 AM PDT by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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To: shotgun

19 posted on 05/16/2018 10:46:56 AM PDT by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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To: ETL

20 posted on 05/16/2018 10:48:01 AM PDT by Jonah Hex
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