[blueplum]

Neanderthals ate sushi - I wonder if they surfed, too?

[Cowboy Bob]

The Neanderthals were an advanced race, but they were overwhelmed my the migrants coming out of Africa. Sort of like what’s happening today.

[ETCM]

Saying that the shells were not heavily worn means they were live collected by a diver is a huge leap, and likely incorrect. I have found many, many beached shells in perfect condition, with the periostracum still intact, that would be difficult to distinguish from a live collected specimen. After storms I’ve found many with parts of the mollusk still present, and in some cases, still living.

[NFHale]

Eh. That’s nothing.

OUR Neanderthals managed to fraud themselves into running the entire state of Virginia and are currently busily engaged in trying to start a shooting match with the Citizens.

Beat THAT, shell divers...

[entropy12]

No wonder the Neanderthals went extinct. Sea shells are NOT good material for tools. They are brittle and break easily. The modern humans used chiseled rocks for tools, which work better in butchering killed animals and last longer.

[Deplorable American1776]

Neanderthals are smarter than some people in Congress. I wonder if they thought Guam would flip over. 😋

Of course, I wonder if Bernie or A O-C think that they went extinct because they didn't have free health care, free college, free food, or free stuff... 😋

[fieldmarshaldj]

*ping*

[Rastus]

They do it down on Camber Sands
They do it at Waikiki
Lazing about the beach all day,
At night the crickets creepy

Squinting faces at the sky
A Harold Robbins paperback
Surfers drop their boards and dry
And everybody wants a hat

But behind the chalet
My holiday’s complete
And I feel like William Tell
Maid Marian on her tiptoed feet
Pulling mussels from a shell
Pulling mussels from a shell

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Nowadays, Neanderthals convene in a place called Des Moines which means “Gather Place of Communists” in the Neanderthal language. They go their diving for a thing called “votes.”

[Adder]

So she sold sea shells by the sea shore.

Albeit, sporadically.

[Red Badger]

Neanderthals ate seafood.

Neanderthals used tools.

Neanderthals had a good time.................

[bitt]

p

[GOPJ]

Writing in the journal Plos One, Villa and colleagues note the new study is not the first to suggest Neanderthals were comfortable in the water. It has recently been found that Neanderthals had “surfer’s ear”, a bony growth in the external ear canal that forms in response to repeated exposure to cold water or wind.

Who knows, maybe they were surfers..

[TXnMA]

Ignorance on display:

Villa said the findings suggested Neanderthals were collecting shells by diving to depths of about two to four metres.: “Callista chione are found in coastal waters from one to 180 metres below sea level. But Neanderthals did not have scuba diving equipment,” she said.

How stupid can an archæologist get? I spent an entire summer -- without even a snorkel -- routinely diving to depths over four meters. All that's required is floating on the surface, taking a deep breath, pointing your head downward -- and going for it. At four meters, I had almost two minutes comfortable exploring time per dive.

"SCUBA" is definitely a non sequitur and willful hyperbole in this "Villa" word-barf!

Small wonder that I despise many "professional" archæologists -- and steadfastly remain an active "avocational"...

[Reily]

The Song of Neanderthal People

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCV6paTXyCU

[heavy metal]

the first person to ever eat a crab had to be one hungry individual...

[rfreedom4u]

How do they know they didn’t just find the shells washed up on shore?

[Daffynition]

Did they use sunscreen?

With suncreen

Without sunscreen