Posted on 03/13/2015 9:39:56 PM PDT by blam
Megan Gannon
March 14, 2015
The eight eagle talons from Krapina arranged with an eagle phalanx that was also found at the site. (Luka Mjeda, Zagreb)
Long before they shared the landscape with modern humans, Neanderthals in Europe developed a sharp sense of style, wearing eagle claws as jewelry, new evidence suggests.
Researchers identified eight talons from white-tailed eagles — including four that had distinct notches and cut marks — from a 130,000-year-old Neanderthal cave in Croatia. They suspect the claws were once strung together as part of a necklace or bracelet.
"It really is absolutely stunning," study author David Frayer, an anthropology professor at the University of Kansas, told Live Science. "It fits in with this general picture that's emerging that Neanderthals were much more modern in their behavior." [Top 10 Mysteries of the First Humans]
The talons were first excavated more than 100 years ago at a famous sandstone rock-shelter site called Krapina in Croatia. There, archaeologists found more than 900 Neanderthal bones dating back to a relatively warm, interglacial period about 120,000 to 130,000 years ago. They also found Mousterian stone tools (a telltale sign of Neanderthal occupation), a hearth and the bones of rhinos and cave bears, but no signs of modern human occupation. Homo sapiens didn't spread into Europe until about 40,000 years ago
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We are Neanderthals.
Stylin’
I don’t think it’s quite that simple. Seems like I read that some of us have Neanderthal DNA, and others don’t.
That explains why they became an endangered species then. Damned Neanderthals.
Some things will always be cool.
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"Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre / mod sceal þe mare, þe ure mægen lytlað." "Thought must be the harder, heart be the keener, mind must be the greater, as our might lessens." |
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Wait until Fish and Game hear about this!
a man was pulled over by a game warden because he got caught shooting loons, and the warden said “It’s against the law” the man said “But my family is starving, and that was the only thing I found to feed them with” and the warden said “OK- well I’ll let you go this time but don’ty shoot anymore- and BTW, does loon even taste good?” and the man said “Meh- it’s ok, but not as good as Golden Eagles”
All made up by evolutionists.
The universe was created new last night just before I woke up.
Including all of our memories.
Evolutionists haven’t disproved that.
The neanderthalerussess musta had boats coz white-tailed eagles are fishers.
What that says is Satan isn’t the greatest deceiver. God is.
White People: Proudly plundering the global ecosystem since 130,000 BC.
Well, I’ve never heard of a 385, and the 386 shown is a good bit more primitive than I remember. Still ... just the fact that Neanderthals had Arabic numerals and bone-based processors must have been quite unsettling to paleontologists...
It's His sandbox. He just let's us play in it.
The smart ones have considerable Neanderthal DNA.
Neanderthal..it’s the Good Stuff!
Do the eagles have large talons?
You have an impressive memory. I can't remember what I had for breakfast.
You had two eggs over easy, whole wheat toast, and coffee. [I also look in people's windows. Especially early in the morning.]
For lunch I wasn't around, but I believe you ate an apple you shot off your kid's head for the boss during break.
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