Posted on 06/27/2019 10:57:45 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
In the Levant region of the Middle East, the main source of information on Middle Paleolithic human occupation comes from cave sites. Compared to open air settlements, sheltered sites like caves were easily recognized and often visited, and therefore are more likely to record long periods of occupation. The open-air site of 'Ein Qashish in northern Israel, however, is unusual in having been inhabited over an extended prehistoric time period. This site provides a unique opportunity to explore an open-air locality across a large landscape and over a long period ranging between 71,000 and 54,000 years ago.
In a joint collaboration with the Israel Antiquities Authority Ekshtain and colleagues identified human skeletal remains in 'Ein Qashish as Neanderthal and observed more than 12,000 artifacts from four different depositional units in the same location on the landscape. These units represent different instances of occupation during changing environmental conditions.
From modification of artifacts and animal bones at the site, the authors infer that the occupants were knapping tools, provisioning resources, and consuming animals on-site.
Whereas many open-air settlements are thought to be short-lived and chosen for specialized tasks, 'Ein Qashish appears to be the site of repeated occupations each of which hosted a range of general activities, indicating a stable and consistent settlement system. The authors suggest that within a complex settlement system, open-air sites may have been more important for prehistoric humans than previously thought.
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The archaeological site of 'Ein Qashish in northern Israel was a place of repeated Neanderthal occupation and use during the Middle Paleolithic, according to a study released June 26, 2019 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Ravid Ekshtain of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and colleagues. [Credit: Ekshtain, 2019]
Just think of all the land stolen from the neanderthals due to Homo sapiens’ genocide against them. I think we need DNA tests to see who still has some Neanderthal genes and issue reparations.
“raising questions about the reasons for their disappearance and about their interactions with contemporaneous modern humans.”
Almost kinda answers itself, yes?
Every Neanderthal should have right of return.
The popular Neanderthal entertainment, The Cavebear Hunter.
Bernie Sanders vs todays modern human
we of he Neanderthal Liberation Front beg to differ with you in regard to comparing us to Bernie-bots!
Now you must hear the song of my people!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCV6paTXyCU
The Neandertal Enigma"Frayer's own reading of the record reveals a number of overlooked traits that clearly and specifically link the Neandertals to the Cro-Magnons. One such trait is the shape of the opening of the nerve canal in the lower jaw, a spot where dentists often give a pain-blocking injection. In many Neandertal, the upper portion of the opening is covered by a broad bony ridge, a curious feature also carried by a significant number of Cro-Magnons. But none of the alleged 'ancestors of us all' fossils from Africa have it, and it is extremely rare in modern people outside Europe." [pp 126-127]
by James Shreeve
in local libraries
Well I pretty much checked off every neanderthal item on this list. No surprise to my wife, however.
Good jams! I have outed myself.
According to Ancestry DNA, I am 3.99999% more Neanderthal than Senator Fauxcahauntis is American Indian.
So, there.
Celebrate it!
Demand reparations !
LOL! My neighbor is an Italian who looks just like a neanderthal, when he swims in his pool you can see he got hair all over his body and back, and he has the thick brow and the squat thick look with a big nose, I don’t if that’s normal or if he actually has neanderthal genes.
Every physical feature used to described Neanderthals can be found amoungst Modern Humans today....just not all in the same person.
And then, The Denisovians
Indeed we are. I spent hours last night driving around looking for a mammoth take-out joint. Found not one. :^)
Due to global warming, the mammoths have migrated north.
Actually, you can find mammoths at most 24 hour walmarts at around 3AM. They often disguise themselves in spandex shorts and halter tops that don’t halt nearly enough.
And they are riding the store provided scooters.
Thank you for setting up my future nightmare when I go to sleep tonight.
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