[SunkenCiv]

• Study confirms ancient Spanish cave art was made by Neanderthals [08/15/2021]
• Dating questions challenge whether Neandertals drew Spanish cave art [10/31/2019]
• Cave art trove found in Spain 1,000 feet underground [05/29/2016]
• Stunning cave paintings found 300 metres below Spain [05/27/2016]
• Prehistoric Hand Stencils In Spanish Caves Not Randomly Placed, Say Researchers [04/23/2016]
• Possible Neanderthal rock engraving in Gorham's Cave [12/09/2014]
• Study Claims Cave Art Made By Neanderthals [09/01/2014]
• Prehistoric hunting scenes unearthed in Spanish cave [05/25/2014]
• New dating puts cave art in the age of Neanderthals [06/15/2012]
• Spain claims top spot for world’s oldest cave art (Is it a Neanderthal "painting?") [06/15/2012]
• 'The Oldest (Neanderthal) Work Of Art Ever': 42,000-Year-Old Paintings Of Seals Found In Spain [02/08/2012]
• Implications for the Behavioral Modernity of Neandertals [08/28/2006]
• Strange stories, weird facts [01/17/2004]
  • AD 1848 (03 Mar) Human remains are found in a cave on the Rock of Gibraltar. These later prove to be the first Neanderthal remains ever found, although they won't be identified as such for many years.
  • AD 1856 The first remains of Neanderthal Man are found in a gravel pit in the Neander Valley of Germany. At first they are believed to be the remains of a congenital idiot, but after further remains are discovered, they are realized to be those of an extinct human species.

[Mr_Moonlight]

Maybe the FIB and Dog the Bounty Hunter ought to go there to find that Laundrie kid ....

[gundog]

[adorno]

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.

[COBOL2Java]

Neanderthals after seeing the first Cro-Magnons: “Well, there goes the neighborhood”

[Seruzawa]

“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?

[Revel]

The had a better life than the one that is about to come to all of us.

[Alberta's Child]

The last Neanderthal was dragged out of a cave in Afghanistan back in 2001:

[DannyTN]

Who sealed it? And was it sealed from the outside or the inside?

The Cask of Amontillado

[dainbramaged]

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.

[SuperLuminal]

Hmmm...
Probably, 40,000 years from now someone or something will find a cave containing the last Caucasian survivors...

[StAnDeliver]

If you read all of SunkenCiv's posts on Neanderthals (thanks!), you can only conclude that they were a cloistered race but one that was also networked as widely as some combo of peak Holy Roman empire venned with Alexander the Great's kingdom, plus more of central Eurasia. (search it on Duck Duck Go, it looks like a boomerang lol)

So while a Gibraltar Neanderthal sect never made it to the Neanderthal Disney on the Black Sea, maybe there was still just enough ritual travel to, say, pre-historic Gaul to keep the bloodlines from producing a one-eyed Centaur. Maybe.

Think of them as medieval monastery sects. Well, those relied on one another, and when a sufficient number in the network failed or were overrun, so did the whole.

My personal belief is that they were intentionally snuffed out by Cro-magnon in some 500-year event, for their treasure, their locales/caves, and the elimination of competition.

[Covenantor]

Here's an interesting new video about Neanderthals that some might find interesting....has some bits that were new to me.

Neanderthal -Ancient Human