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Who were the Neanderthals? | DW Documentary
By: guest5 Date: January 26, 2021, 12:12 am
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Who were the Neanderthals? | DW Documentary
[quote]Long before Homo sapiens populated the earth, the
Neanderthals lived in Eurasia.
Now, paleoanthropologists in England and France are using new
archeological methods to shed light on some previously
unexplained Neanderthal mysteries.
In an age clouded by the mists of time, the first early humans
colonized the Eurasian continent. They settled on land that had
only recently been covered by glaciers. This species, called
Neanderthals, died out about 30,000 years ago -- but at one
time, they formed the largest group in an area that stretched
from northern France to the Belgian coast and from the Channel
Islands to southern England.
During the last Ice Age, the North Sea was frozen over -- and
the English Channel was a small river that could easily be
crossed on foot. The Neanderthals lived in close harmony with
their perpetually changing environment. They had everything they
needed to survive: the meat of prey animals, edible wild plants,
water and wood for cooking and heating. How did these early
humans develop over almost 300,000 years? What were their lives
like before they became extinct?
Our documentary is based on the latest research. We investigate
various populations of Neanderthals, and visit archaeological
sites in northern France, southern England, and on the island of
Jersey.
Renowned researchers such as the British paleoanthropologist
Chris Stringer and his French colleague Ludovic Slimak describe
how the Neanderthals lived, and discuss their cognitive
abilities. Was this species capable of structured thinking? Did
they have cultures, languages, and societies? How intelligent
were they, and what sort of adaptive strategies kept them alive
for 300,000 years? How similar were they to modern-day
humans?[/quote]
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Re: Non-Aryan aggressiveness
By: Zea_mays Date: April 6, 2022, 8:43 pm
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While Paleolithic humans tended to have square faces,
Neanderthals had longer oblong-shaped faces. In general, I think
people tend to overestimate how much the "Neanderhtal look" has
persisted into modern times. ...But
This is not the highest resolution image, but there is a clear
Neanderthal atavism here. Lol
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[quote]Marjorie Taylor Greene (born May 27, 1974), also known by
her initials MTG,[2] is an American politician, businesswoman,
and far-right[3] conspiracy theorist[4] who has served as the
U.S. representative for Georgia's 14th congressional district
since 2021.[5] A member of the Republican Party and a strong
supporter of former president Donald Trump,
[...]
Greene has promoted far-right, white supremacist, and
antisemitic conspiracy theories including the white genocide
conspiracy theory,[6][7] QAnon,
[...]
In January 2022, Greene's personal Twitter account was
permanently suspended for posting COVID-19 vaccine
misinformation.[17] During the Russo-Ukrainian War Greene has
promoted Russian propaganda and praised Vladimir Putin.[18]
A supporter of Trump's efforts to overturn his loss to Joe Biden
in the 2020 presidential election, Greene has repeatedly and
falsely claimed that Trump won the election in a landslide
victory that was stolen from him.[19] She called for Georgia's
election results to be decertified[20] and was among a group of
Republican legislators who unsuccessfully challenged votes for
Biden during the Electoral College vote count, even though
federal agencies and courts overseeing the election found no
evidence of electoral fraud.[21] Greene filed articles of
impeachment against Biden the day after his inauguration,
alleging abuse of power.[22][23]
[...]
The House of Representatives voted to remove Greene from all
committee roles on February 4, 2021, in response to her
incendiary statements and endorsements of political violence.
Eleven Republicans joined the unanimous Democrats in the
vote.[24][25][/quote]
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Re: Who were the Neanderthals? | DW Documentary
By: guest78 Date: November 20, 2022, 2:40 am
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We Met Neandertals Way Earlier Than We Thought
[quote]Maybe it’s a little self-centered that we can be pretty
focused on the DNA that we got from Neanderthals – but we
shouldn’t forget that gene flow goes both ways.[/quote]
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Re: Who were the Neanderthals?
By: guest78 Date: November 29, 2022, 11:38 am
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Neanderthals cooked meals with pulses 70,000 years ago
[quote] Stone Age cooks were surprisingly sophisticated,
combining an array of ingredients and using different techniques
to prepare and flavor their meals, analysis of some the earliest
charred food remains has suggested.
Plant material found at the Shanidar Cave in northern Iraq —
which is famous for its burial of a Neanderthal surrounded by
flowers — and Franchthi Cave in Greece revealed prehistoric
cooking by Neanderthals and early modern humans was complex,
involving several steps, and that the foods used were diverse,
according to a new study published in the journal Antiquity.
Wild nuts, peas, vetch, a legume which had edible seed pods, and
grasses were often combined with pulses like beans or lentils,
the most commonly identified ingredient, and at times, wild
mustard. To make the plants more palatable, pulses, which have a
naturally bitter taste, were soaked, coarsely ground or pounded
with stones to remove their husk. [/quote]
[quote] At Shanidar Cave, the researchers studied plant remains
from 70,000 years ago, when the space was inhabited by
Neanderthals, an extinct species of human, and 40,000 years ago,
when it was home to early modern humans (Homo sapiens).
The charred food remains from Franchthi Cave dated from 12,000
years ago, when it was also occupied by hunter-gatherer Homo
sapiens.
Despite the distance in time and space, similar plants and
cooking techniques were identified at both sites — possibly
suggesting a shared culinary tradition, said the study’s lead
author Dr. Ceren Kabukcu, an archaeobotanical scientist at the
University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom.
Based on the food remains researchers analyzed, Neanderthals,
the heavy-browed hominins who disappeared about 40,000 years
ago, and Homo sapiens appeared to use similar ingredients and
techniques, she added, although wild mustard was only found at
Shanidar Cave dating back to when it was occupied by Homo
sapiens.[/quote]
[quote]Early processed food
A breadlike substance was found at the Greek cave, although it
wasn’t clear what it was made from. The evidence that ancient
humans pounded and soaked pulses at Shanidar Cave 70,000 years
ago is the earliest direct evidence outside Africa of the
processing of plants for food, according to Kabukcu.
Kabukcu said she was surprised to find that prehistoric people
were combining plant ingredients in this way, an indication that
flavor was clearly important. She had expected to find only
starchy plants like roots and tubers, which on face value appear
to be more nutritious and are easier to prepare.
Much research on prehistoric diets has focused on whether early
humans were predominantly meat eaters, but Kabukcu said it was
clear they weren’t just chomping on woolly mammoth steaks. Our
ancient ancestors ate a varied diet depending on where they
lived, and this likely included a wide range of plants. [/quote]
Entire article:
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