Are these Neanderthal etchings a long-lost message?

FoxNews.com/Science ^ | May 8, 2018 | Laura Geggel, Senior Writer | LiveScience

[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.

[Jay Redhawk]

The Neanderthal prankster put down his etching tool and chuckled, “Just think, thirty-five thousand years from now some group of idiots will be looking at this etching and thinking it says something important!”

[Rio]

Speaking of the late Thag Simmons...

[gspurlock]

I’m sure it was a warning against fossil fuels because they would cause global warming.

[SunkenCiv]

Archeological study reveals unique 35,000-year-old culture [cave in the Galilee]
Jerusalem Post | May 1, 2018 | Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
Posted on 05/07/2018 2:55:34 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3653193/posts

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks fieldmarshaldj. And thanks Red Badger for sending a link to a Pop Mechanics article about it, back on the 5th.

[trebb]

Kind of like a bored kid whittling on a stick just for something to do...

[jim_trent]

Looks like a binary numbering system to me.

[bert]

Flint?
what did he have to scratch flint? Flint is hardness 7

Actually, the flint appears to have a coating that was scratched

[Red Badger]

My guess is it’s simply where the person sharpening the edge of another flint, tested it against that one..............if you’ve ever seen a worn down whetstone you know what I mean.................

[Red Badger]

Teflon?...........Kevlar?..............

[SunkenCiv]

Whoops.

This Could Be Neanderthal Art
Those etchings didn’t come from nowhere.
By David Grossman
May 3, 2018
Majkic, et. al
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a20140099/neanderthal-symbolic-art-study/

[mabarker1]

Well, from the angle I’m looking at this...

Yeah ! That’s it The Long Lost Instructional Drawings on how to Assemble the Giant Grasshopper Drone Kit!!!

[a fool in paradise]

Drink your ovaltine

[a fool in paradise]

It’s a chopping block for chopping brocolli.

[Pelham]

+1

[seowulf]

It was modern art back then.

[a fool in paradise]

Counting the days in jail

[a fool in paradise]

Thag’s desk. He was busy carving cartoons during class lectures

[metmom]

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.

What idiots those researchers are.

They continually equate primitive with stupid.

I'd like to see those researchers survive thrown out in the wild with NOTHING to start with and see how well they do.

[metmom]