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A Shocking Find in a Neanderthal Cave in France ( inhabited 176,000 years ago )
The Atlantic ^
| May 25, 2016
| Ed Yong
Posted on 09/29/2020 3:54:54 PM PDT by Candor7
..............After drilling into the stalagmites and pulling out cylinders of rock, the team could see an obvious transition between two layers. On one side were old minerals that were part of the original stalagmites; on the other were newer layers that had been laid down after the fragments were broken off by the caves former users. By measuring uranium levels on either side of the divide, the team could accurately tell when each stalagmite had been snapped off for construction.
Their date? 176,500 years ago, give or take a few millennia.
(Excerpt) Read more at theatlantic.com ...
TOPICS: Education; Reference; Science
KEYWORDS: cave; dating; dumbert41; dumgi; godsgravesglyphs; neandertal; neandertals; neanderthal; neanderthals; stalactites; stalagmite; stalagmites
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To: Candor7
When I read articles like this I wonder why scientists are amazed. We know there were Neanderthals. Do scientists think they woke up, pooped, hunted, ate, had sex, then slept, without any other activity? Do they think the Neanderthals just stood in silence while not hunting or being hunted?
Good gosh.... they need go watch some monkeys and gorillas at the zoo.
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posted on
09/29/2020 5:46:39 PM PDT
by
laxcoach
(Wear a hijab or you are selfish!)
To: Candor7
The “shocking” part is the extreme antiquity of the site and that its Neanderthal inhabitants modified it to make it more suitable. In effect, it is the earliest known construction.
To: bandit123
I tried like 6 times on preview to make the pic of big hair pop up and failed, even reviewed how to do it with the img src stuff. As I can't let this just lie there;
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posted on
09/29/2020 5:50:34 PM PDT
by
SES1066
(2020, VOTE your principles, VOTE your history, VOTE FOR ALL AMERICANS, VOTE colorblind!)
To: Beowulf9
You just had to do it, didn’t you! I had tucked that hag way back in my memory hole but NO, you just had to show it! Right at bed time too!
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posted on
09/29/2020 5:54:15 PM PDT
by
SES1066
(2020, VOTE your principles, VOTE your history, VOTE FOR ALL AMERICANS, VOTE colorblind!)
To: bandit123
Right click the picture and select Inspect. It will show the code.
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posted on
09/29/2020 5:54:22 PM PDT
by
Alas Babylon!
(The only thing worse than COVID-19 is Biden-20!)
To: Candor7
That was right about the time Joe Biden got to the Senate.
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posted on
09/29/2020 6:04:40 PM PDT
by
GaryCrow
To: Candor7
it’s the Atlantic so it must be a lie.
I did not read the entire article but did they find some way of blaming the President for the destruction of something?
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posted on
09/29/2020 6:25:56 PM PDT
by
dirtymac
(Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.(DT4POTUS))
To: Slicksadick
The popular Neanderthal entertainment, The Cavebear Hunter.
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posted on
09/29/2020 6:45:13 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: SES1066; bandit123; Alas Babylon!
Is it even possible? Yes, it is.
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posted on
09/29/2020 6:47:45 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: mass55th
The first documented circle jerk?>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
That would explain the broken stalactites and elongated staligmites!
It was a Neanderthal trait which led to their eventual extinction and being out-bred by homo sapiens.
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posted on
09/29/2020 7:20:33 PM PDT
by
Candor7
((Obama Fascism:http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html))
To: Candor7
ROFL!! Thanks for the great laugh.
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posted on
09/29/2020 7:31:54 PM PDT
by
mass55th
("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
To: Beowulf9; All
That photo is PROOF POSITIVE that Neanderthals are NOT extinct
& until the last few years some were IN The District of Columbia & at times, even INSIDE The White House, too..
(LOL.)
Yours, TMN78247
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posted on
09/29/2020 8:07:57 PM PDT
by
TMN78247
("VICTORY or DEATH", William Barrett Travis, LtCol, comdt., Fortress of the Alamo, Bejar, F'by 241836)
To: Beowulf9; All
That photo is PROOF POSITIVE that Neanderthals are NOT extinct
& until the last few years some were IN The District of Columbia & at times, even in The White House, too..
(RotflmRao)
Yours, TMN78247
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posted on
09/29/2020 8:09:25 PM PDT
by
TMN78247
("VICTORY or DEATH", William Barrett Travis, LtCol, comdt., Fortress of the Alamo, Bejar, F'by 241836)
To: SES1066
It was kind of a thing for ol’ times sake ;)
Maybe I should’ve put up a warning.
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posted on
09/29/2020 8:53:02 PM PDT
by
Beowulf9
To: Dogbert41
Of course not. That would cause problems for all sorts of “settled science”.
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posted on
09/29/2020 9:51:31 PM PDT
by
Pelham
(Liberate the Democrats from their Communist occupation)
To: Candor7
I thought it was Biden’s first office as a Senator...
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posted on
09/30/2020 3:37:54 AM PDT
by
trebb
(Don't howl about illegal leeches, or Trump in general, while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
To: frank ballenger; Candor7
"48 empty Coors cans"
any humanoid that would drink Coors should be considered a Neanderthal, by any standard.
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posted on
09/30/2020 4:30:10 AM PDT
by
SERE_DOC
( The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it. TJ)
To: trebb
I thought it was Bidens first office as a Senator...>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
It likely was Hiden Biden’s first basement hideaway bunker.President Trump has aaccomplished more in 47 months than Joe has in 176,500 years.
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posted on
09/30/2020 5:34:19 AM PDT
by
Candor7
((Obama Fascism:http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html))
To: Dogbert41
Everybody knows it is, but it’s all we got at the moment..................
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posted on
09/30/2020 5:38:15 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Sine Q-Anon.....................very............)
To: Slicksadick
That was my first thought, a bear or some large, Pleistocene animal, like a Giant Sloth or Saber Tooth, or even a Dire Wolf...........
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posted on
09/30/2020 5:40:41 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Sine Q-Anon.....................very............)
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