[BenLurkin]

ping

[TheNext]

Better take pictures quick.

Islamic Muslims will certainly destroy it forever once they become Mayor.

[ckilmer]

can you post the picture of the structure. unless you have a subscription to the LA times you can’t read the article.

[Stingray51]

Ok call me crazy but the pictures do not look like a manmade structure to me. This seems super speculative, at best.

[Mollypitcher1]

Interesting. Will try to look it up the next time I’m in the Midi.

[minnesota_bound]

Neanderthals Feng Shui.

“... deliberately arranged into two large rings and a series of four round piles up to 15 inches high.|

[Rockpile]

That is positively an artificial structure.

But it could be done by one guy in a couple of days if his torches held out.

[UCANSEE2]

"They're selling stalagmites down at Home Cave-oh for a dollar a pound,"

[HP8753]

Cave Kids vandalizing our Mother the Earth while Daddy was hunting Wooly Mammoths and Mommy was gathering berries.

Doesn't take a lot of brain power to move 12 lb rocks from point A to point B.

How much tax dollars did this one cost to dream up??

[bunkerhill7]

Ants, termites, bees, wasps, elephants, apes. monkeys, dolphins, whales, lions, chickens and beavers have “fairly sophisticated social structures”.

[bert]

I would suggest they are natural formations

I see no strong evidence for Neanderthal involvement beyond the need of a modern day reputation builder

[JimRed]

they may have been used to contain fire, perhaps to light the cave.

That should be easy enough to determine, as the remnants of ash would remain detectable in the soil.

[lonevoice]

Fascinating. Click to read the entire article and see pics.