Neanderthals - How different from you and me were they? And I am not referring to Boris Johnson's hair.

[A_Son_of_God]

So, in the latest information of Homo sapiens neanderthalensis (yes, I choose it as a sub-species of sapiens, although technically, I'd call it a subspecies of a subspecies), it appears they enjoyed art and interbred with Homo sapiens sapiens, and had a complex language. Here is a series of articles you can choose to digest.

Could Neanderthals Make Art?

Scientists are finding ever-earlier examples of artistic expression in the archaeological record that reshape what we know about the abilities of Neanderthals and other archaic humans

www.scientificamerican.com

Neanderthals may have learned jewellery-making from us

The first modern humans to settle in Europe made pendants out of bear teeth – and a few thousand years later, Neanderthals started doing it too

zephr.newscientist.com

Are you really smarter than a Neanderthal?

They were technologically savvy, creative and cultured. So maybe it's time we accepted that Neanderthals were people just like us

www.newscientist.com

The 2023 discoveries that made us rethink the story of human evolution

In 2023, archaeologists found evidence of architecture and art beginning earlier than we thought, and uncovered data that rewrites our ideas of how much power women had in ancient societies

www.newscientist.com

What Do We Really Know About Neanderthals?

Revolutionary discoveries in archaeology show that the species long maligned as knuckle-dragging brutes deserve a new place in the human story

www.smithsonianmag.com

Neanderthal extinction not caused by brutal wipe out

New fossils challenge ideas that modern humans wiped out Neanderthals after arriving from Africa.

www.bbc.com

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[Chip_TheViking]

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[A_Son_of_God]

good read, did you know they even buried their dead? With flowers! placing the cadavers in specific positions sometimes removing certain body parts prolly for ritualistic reasons.

Interesting. I had heard of their burials, yeah. With flowers though? Nope. I didn't know that.

I look forward to the resurrection, when all the secrets of the dead will be revealed.

 

[Ghosty]

i am not ready to reveal my secrets yet