Thanks Red Badger.
Posted on 09/30/2021 9:51:52 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
"Given that the sand sealing the chamber was [40,000] years old, and that the chamber was therefore older, it must have been Neanderthals," who lived in Eurasia from about 200,000 to 40,000 years ago and were likely using the cave, Clive Finlayson, director of the Gibraltar National Museum, told Live Science in an email.
While Finlayson's team was studying the cave last month, they discovered the hollow area. After climbing through it, they found it is 43 feet (13 meters) in length, with stalactites hanging like eerie icicles from the chamber ceiling.
Along the surface of the cave chamber, the researchers found the remains of lynx, hyenas, and griffon vultures, as well as a large whelk, a type of sea snail that was likely carried into the chamber by a Neanderthal, the archaeologists said in a statement.
The researchers are eager to see what they will find once they start excavating. One possibility is that the team will discover Neanderthal burials, Finlayson said.
"We found the milk tooth of a 4-year-old Neanderthal close to the chamber four years ago," he said. The tooth "was associated with hyenas, and we suspect the hyenas brought the child [who was likely dead] into the cave."
Researchers have discovered plenty of evidence of Neanderthals' presence in the cave system, called the Gorham's Cave Complex, including a carving that may have been early Neanderthal artwork.
In addition, findings have suggested that, at this cave system, our closest extinct relatives butchered seals, plucked feathers off birds of prey to wear as ornaments, and used tools, Live Science previously reported.
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Thanks Red Badger.
Maybe the FIB and Dog the Bounty Hunter ought to go there to find that Laundrie kid ....
I’ve got bad news for those who did the study and drew their conclusions:
Neanderthals did not become extinct. They just became socialists in Europe and huge portions of them moved to America to become democrats.
You can lead Neanderthals to different locations, but you can’t make them change their minds.
They are confident because of the cave art found:
“Cro MaGnon SuCkS!”
(Along with some filthy stick-figure depictions)
Neanderthals after seeing the first Cro-Magnons: “Well, there goes the neighborhood”
Cue Far Side comic.
“Must have”. “Likely”.
The Lord of the Rings is as good a reading of history as the average anthropology paper.
Last of the Neanderthals in one cave? And they determine this how? Pure conjecture. Are the grants in jeopardy?
The had a better life than the one that is about to come to all of us.
Such a punchable face. How is it that this asshole has been plaguing us for almost 50 years?
Or maybe a dingo. Maybe a dingo got your baby.
Too soon?
Tom Brokaw has been around longer.
Who sealed it? And was it sealed from the outside or the inside?
The Cask of Amontillado
Damn it, send eye wash
Lots of people have 2-4% Neanderthal DNA in their genetic makeup, including myself according to 23andMe. Neanderthals had a larger brain case than modern humans and were likely more intelligent than most democrats.
Hmmm...
Probably, 40,000 years from now someone or something will find a cave containing the last Caucasian survivors...
let’s be clear... a lot of NON BLACK PEOPLE do... which is why race is not a social construct and likely explain many of our extreme differences physically and mentally with sub-Saharan Africans in particular.
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