I recall reading (After the Ice, Mithen) where he reported that the the oldest actual cunstructed WALL discovered was in the Jericho dig. I'll put this to you...
Jablonski* states that during homo evolution bipedalism and a large brain necessitated more capacity for heat dissipation through an increase of the number of...
Luc: All I know is, that Neandertals are often "reconstructed" as relatively "hairy". However, I wonder, since they do seem to have made some kind of clothing...
Modern koalas co-existed with giant ones for hundreds of thousands of years January 5th, 2009 - 12:18 pm ICT by ANI - Send to a friend: London, January 5...
The gene known as MC1R suggests the Neanderthals had fair skin and even freckles like redheads. European Neanderthals had ginger hair and freckles Neanderthals...
... Hi Marcel, As far as spears go, you are right, but you are utterly overestimating human ability to be lethal with rocks. Thrown rocks would deter an animal...
... Hi Marcel, Thanks for this information, I had long wondered about the mechanism for determining year-round occupation. Everything you have written on this...
Marcel: I have the distinct impression that this news about red haired Neandertals and MC1R has been known for some time. I've known it for some time, but...
Quarrying for ochre, basalt, flint, chert, etc. over countless generations using stone picks, bone picks, seashells, hafted stone axes would have resulted in...
Most men today probably throw rocks like 'girly men". But for early humans, rock throwing may have been essential for their survival. And since human...
... for ... can see ... spread as far ... parts of ... areas, and I ... from one ... never ... (even if ... I don't think humans could survive in Europe during...
The pigmentation report was reported back in 2007. But this is the first I've heard about an O-type of blood for the Neandertals. Marcel F. Williams ... ...
They certainly had fire and clothing. But more importantly, long winters must also have led to some form of longer term food storage. After all, they would be...
... found ... Why would they be without the shelter of the cave? They surely would have known their way back after the migration. They also would be most ...
... Think about bears.Bears take up residence for the Winter, using caves, when they can. Otherwise they will often use the up-ended roots of a tree or a...
... Which brings up the issue of the ability of the body to resist cold. Two famous examples exist of people whose responses to cold are unlike what most of us...
How does that explain the differences in fauna deposition in caves between Neandertal culture and non-Neandertal culture? Marcel F. Williams ... opened, they ...
... They surely would ... MW: And why would the current cave occupants give up their cave to a bunch of wandering invaders? If caves were essential to survival...
Marcel: Agreed. The "Type O" story is new. Anne G The pigmentation report was reported back in 2007. But this is the first I've heard about an O-type of blood...
Dr. Jacobson: There is some evidence, in some caves/rock shelters, that Neandertals may have preserved some of their food supply by smoking it. Anne G They...
Naturwissenschaften. 2008 Dec 24. [Epub ahead of print] The mammal assemblage of the hominid site TM266 (Late Miocene, Chad Basin): ecological structure and...
Luc: Some people have claimed that Neandertals just weren't as "migratory" as "modern" humans. Maybe some of them weren't. But I'm with you on this, because...
... I didn't intend it to. But consider seasonal herd migrations, some of these cave sites may have been favored because they were near summer feeding grounds...
Marcel: I'm not exactly sure what you mean. Neandertals seem to have hunted the same kinds of prey that "modern" humans did. Are you referring to the amounts...
... But that was the point of their argument. Neadertals and non-Neadertals appear to have utilized caves in the Levant in a totally different manner even...
... the same kinds of prey that "modern" humans did. Are you referring to the amounts of faunal deposition, e.g., the amounts of any particular kind of faunal...
... Hi Marcel, Perhaps the disparity is explained in the article, but as it appears here the statistic from JASC is utterly misleading: 1) A baseball weighs...
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