Thursday, January 9, 2020

A Changing View Of Neanderthals

Panels and artifacts in the Neanderthal exhibit continue to shed a different view of the species.


A video display was on rotation, examining a site in France.


Here are images from the video.


The realization that Neanderthals buried their dead started a shift in thinking.


Were they artists?


A different take on the Neanderthal is displayed here with a cranium. Less of a brute and more of a person.

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36 comments:

  1. AngieJanuary 9, 2020 at 12:59 AM

    William - the more time goes by, the more we learn! Fascinating!

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  2. Iris FlaviaJanuary 9, 2020 at 3:16 AM

    Interesting. With the standard of science growing I am curious what they´ll find out over time.

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  3. GattinaJanuary 9, 2020 at 3:23 AM

    We have quite a lot of these museums here. I tried to find a post I wrote but couldn't about the "man of Spy" who was discovered not so long ago and they rebuilt him as he was ! Looked like us today and not at all as we imagined a Neandertaler !

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  4. EllaJanuary 9, 2020 at 4:23 AM

    I appreciate the archaeological work.

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  5. Francisco Manuel Carrajola OliveiraJanuary 9, 2020 at 4:30 AM

    Estou a gostar desta exposição.
    Um abraço e continuação de uma boa semana.

    Andarilhar
    Dedais de Francisco e Idalisa
    O prazer dos livros

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  6. Jan K. alias AfanjaJanuary 9, 2020 at 5:07 AM

    Great to see we are still learning more about the Neanderthals.

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  7. Greensboro Daily PhotoJanuary 9, 2020 at 6:18 AM

    I had no idea they buried their dead. Janis

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  8. David M. Gascoigne,January 9, 2020 at 6:54 AM

    I am quite sure those Neanderthals were more intelligent, perhaps appreciably so, than some politicians on the world stage today.

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  9. TomJanuary 9, 2020 at 7:13 AM

    ...amen to David's comment!

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  10. AnvilcloudJanuary 9, 2020 at 7:28 AM

    I've seen the display, but of course, I forget much, so it's nice to revisit.

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  11. eileeninmdJanuary 9, 2020 at 7:39 AM

    Hello, it is great to learn more about the Neanderthals, nice exhibit.
    Wishing you a happy day and a great weekend ahead!

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  12. Tanya BreeseJanuary 9, 2020 at 8:40 AM

    I would really enjoy this...I always thought it would be neat to be an archeologist...maybe when I grow up 😉

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  13. DJanJanuary 9, 2020 at 9:12 AM

    Fascinating, learning how the thinking about the species has evolved.

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  14. Nancy ChanJanuary 9, 2020 at 9:19 AM

    Thanks to the archaeologists and their work that we are able to learn so much about the Neanderthals. Interesting exhibits.

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  15. RedPatJanuary 9, 2020 at 9:20 AM

    A fabulous exhibit!

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  16. SharonJanuary 9, 2020 at 9:54 AM

    There is so much yet to learn.

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  17. Marie SmithJanuary 9, 2020 at 10:17 AM

    Great research!

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  18. BillJanuary 9, 2020 at 11:21 AM

    The more we see exhibits like these, the more we learn.

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  19. TamagoJanuary 9, 2020 at 11:54 AM

    Interesting exhibits! There is a lot I don't know about them.

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  20. Salty Pumpkin StudioJanuary 9, 2020 at 12:38 PM

    It is intriguing that if, thinking here via DNA, homo sapiens began as one, then where did the Neanderthals begin.

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  21. William KendallJanuary 9, 2020 at 12:51 PM

    @Angie: quite true.

    @Iris: more and more.

    @Gattina: perhaps like the fellow in my second last shot.

    @Ella: I do as well.

    @Francisco: thanks!

    @Jan: that it is.

    @Janis: you learn new things.

    @David: that's of no doubt.

    @Tom: it fits the occasion.

    @Anvilcloud: I was glad to see it.

    @Eileen: thank you.

    @Tanya: hah!

    @DJan: true.

    @Nancy: definitely.

    @RedPat: that it is.

    @Sharon: very much so.

    @Marie: that it was.

    @Bill: that's true.

    @Tamago: I was fascinated.

    @Maywyn: a common root, but we're close enough that we were able to interbreed.

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  22. PatJanuary 9, 2020 at 2:57 PM

    Hi, William. I sent you an email the other day; wondering if you received it. This looks like an interesting exhibit...reminds me I should do DNA testing...

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  23. AlexandriaJanuary 9, 2020 at 4:19 PM

    Exhibits like these are so interesting to see and learn how we evolved.

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  24. CatalystJanuary 9, 2020 at 5:32 PM

    It makes the mind even more curious.

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  25. CatarinaJanuary 9, 2020 at 5:40 PM

    A lot to learn…

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  26. carol l mckennaJanuary 9, 2020 at 6:22 PM

    Unique and something to think about ~

    Happy Moments to You ,
    A ShutterBug Explores,
    aka (A Creative Harbor)

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  27. Joanne NoragonJanuary 9, 2020 at 7:46 PM

    A lot easier on the eyes and thoughts

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  28. KayJanuary 9, 2020 at 11:48 PM

    Interesting research.

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  29. Aritha V. January 10, 2020 at 12:20 PM

    Fascinating.

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  30. CloudiaJanuary 10, 2020 at 3:00 PM

    I think it enhances the brain to see both languages all the time!

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  31. Lowcarb team memberJanuary 10, 2020 at 5:36 PM

    … and we are still learning more about the Neanderthals! That's good!

    All the best Jan

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  32. GemelJanuary 10, 2020 at 5:46 PM

    I feel that we know so little about the past, this is proving that we had things wrong about the Neanderthal's in the past, I know I was not taught anything like this about them.

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  33. LindaJanuary 11, 2020 at 1:49 AM

    The guy in the first picture looks like my eye doctor.

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  34. JennJanuary 12, 2020 at 3:04 PM

    It's interesting to see what more we can learn as time goes on!

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  35. William KendallJanuary 9, 2023 at 10:38 AM

    @Pat: hopefully I replied back to you when I was doing the email clean out. At the time of this post, I was ignoring that email account.

    @Alexandria: definitely.

    @Catalyst: it does.

    @Catarina: indeed.

    @Carol: definitely.

    @Joanne: true.

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  36. William KendallJanuary 9, 2023 at 10:39 AM

    @Kay: I think so.

    @Aritha: indeed.

    @Cloudia: I agree.

    @Jan: it is, yes.

    @Gemel: we certainly had to correct our thinking.

    @Linda: hah!

    @Jenn: I agree.

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