Neanderthals were able to 'develop their own tools'

BBC ^ | September 24, 2010 | Katia Moskvitch

[decimon]

Neanderthals were keen on innovation and technology and developed tools all on their own, scientists say.

A new study challenges the view that our close relatives could advance only through contact with Homo sapiens.

The team says climate change was partly responsible for forcing Neanderthals to innovate in order to survive.

The research is set to appear in the Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory in December.

"Basically, I am rehabilitating Neanderthals," said Julien Riel-Salvatore, assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Colorado in Denver, who led the seven-year study.

"They were far more resourceful than we have given them credit for." Vanished culture

[hellbender]

The team says climate change was partly responsible for forcing Neanderthals to innovate in order to survive.

All wrong. Innovation led to burning of fossil fuels, which led to Climate Change, which led to extinction of Neanderthals, which will kill us all very soon unless we accept govt. control of all economic activities.

[jakerobins]

First Ladyius Wookius...Using garding tools

[Hodar]

Was going to debate you on your post; but after doing some research and gaining some enlightenment - I agree with you.

Thank you for motivating me to learn, rather than regurgitate ‘factual’ theories that have been proven false.

[MrB]

Wow, you’ve made my day.

The information that I have heard/read about the “Neanderthal” was that they discovered the bones of a very arthritic, and therefore perpetually hunched over, but thoroughly human being, and declared it to be an “intermediate” or a “proto-human”.

[count-your-change]

Ug, the fellow standing is saying that inter-dimensional travel would require too many impulse engines.

Lee, the other fellow, replies that he's worked out the number of stones required and has the proof right there in the pebbles before him.

[Oztrich Boy]

You mean, they didn't just buy them at Home Depot?

It's amazing what you can learn on the Internets

[Lurker]

L

[PIF]

“...but thoroughly human being...” If having a brian 2x modern humans in size, a skull tilted back on the spinal cord (making them something of a soprano), and bone density 2x modern man, then yes they they were identical...

[SunkenCiv]

“Cave Depot”?

[SunkenCiv]

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[decimon]

“Cave Depot”?

Beats "Down Lowes."

[SunkenCiv]

Save big barter at Menoggs.

[SunkenCiv]

"Is that a flint axe under your loincloth, or are you just happy to see me?"

[Grizzled Bear]

We’re all happy for Al Gore that he lost weight; but please stop posting nude photos of him on FR.

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

I thought that we have known that the Neanderthals made tools for over 100 years now. In fact hadn’t the later Homo Erectus types developed a few primitive tools?

[itssme]

NOW, if only we could teach him to hit his head with the club! Ya, I know, he’s just another dumb Neanderthal!

[SunkenCiv]

Uh-oh, “Homo Erectus” always brings out the puns in people. You know how I dislike puns. ;’) If Homo Erectus had discovered Uranus, well, there’d be a whole subforum for it on FR.

Some sites with tools (Flores) and post holes (showing construction of some kind of permanent structure, in China) dating to about 800K ago have been attributed to Erectus, mainly because that’s who seems to have been the only one around at that time. :’)