Still Waters Posted August 13, 2013 #1 Share Posted August 13, 2013 Two Stone Age humans watch intently as their teacher works on a fragment of rib. With a final flourish the tool is complete, and one student moves in for a closer look. Communication is difficult in the absence of a common language. "Now you try," gestures the Neanderthal teacher. The scene may not be as far-fetched as it might seem. A team of archaeologists has found evidence to suggest that Neanderthals were the first to produce a type of specialised bone tool, still used in some modern cultures today. The find is the best evidence yet that we may have – on rare occasions – learned a trick or two from our extinct cousins. http://www.newscient...ml#.UgqEX3_F8dU 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junior Chubb Posted August 14, 2013 #2 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Nice to hear a theory putting Neanderthals in a positive light for a change. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonshadow60 Posted August 14, 2013 #3 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Very much so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundew Posted August 14, 2013 #4 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Nice to hear a theory putting Neanderthals in a positive light for a change. Yeah, those Geico commercials were giving them a bad name! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junior Chubb Posted August 14, 2013 #5 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Yeah, those Geico commercials were giving them a bad name! Cheers Sundew, just been discovering the cave-man himself on YouTube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundew Posted August 15, 2013 #6 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Cheers Sundew, just been discovering the cave-man himself on YouTube. I wondered if it would translate to Britain! Your Star Wars avatar looks rather Bond-ish now. Shaken, not stirred. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolguy Posted August 15, 2013 #7 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Iam sure they did make tools,they where not dumb they where around for a long time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibatag Posted August 15, 2013 #8 Share Posted August 15, 2013 they did not die out there's lots of them here in OZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junior Chubb Posted August 15, 2013 #9 Share Posted August 15, 2013 I wondered if it would translate to Britain! Your Star Wars avatar looks rather Bond-ish now. Shaken, not stirred. They translate well. The avatar is 'Bond-ish' but its based on Lexan from Shufflepuck Cafe. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shufflepuck_Caf%C3%A9#Popular_References Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsec Posted August 15, 2013 #10 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Two Stone Age humans watch intently as their teacher works on a fragment of rib. With a final flourish the tool is complete, and one student moves in for a closer look. Communication is difficult in the absence of a common language. "Now you try," gestures the Neanderthal teacher. The scene may not be as far-fetched as it might seem. A team of archaeologists has found evidence to suggest that Neanderthals were the first to produce a type of specialised bone tool, still used in some modern cultures today. The find is the best evidence yet that we may have – on rare occasions – learned a trick or two from our extinct cousins. http://www.newscient...ml#.UgqEX3_F8dU If it's true, that's another great example of human (sapiens sapiens) gratitude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmeh Posted August 16, 2013 #11 Share Posted August 16, 2013 As far as H. sapiens learning from H. neanderthalensis its probably a big deal, but considering that the archaeological for hominis stared around 2.5 m.y.a. including bone tools and then stone tools about 2 m.y.a. well before either genus, its not that big a deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brlesq1 Posted August 16, 2013 #12 Share Posted August 16, 2013 Does this mean there was a common language between the two? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PersonFromPorlock Posted August 18, 2013 #13 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Lest we all be overcome with warm fuzzies, Kipling (in "Kaa's Hunting") has the monkey tribe forcing the kidnapped Mowgli to show them how people make things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gatekeeper32 Posted August 24, 2013 #14 Share Posted August 24, 2013 With the amount of homeless and starving people in North America is there a point to even be concern about such a topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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