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  • ronl2k@lemmy.worldtoComic Strips@lemmy.worldOh dear
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    1 day ago

    From your article:

    Pre- and early Neanderthals seem to have continuously occupied only France, Spain, and Italy, although some appear to have moved out of this “core-area” to form temporary settlements eastward (without leaving Europe). Nonetheless, southwestern France has the highest density of sites for pre- and classic Neanderthals.



  • ronl2k@lemmy.worldtoComic Strips@lemmy.worldOh dear
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    2 days ago

    Ice wasn’t everywhere.

    The last ice age of 40,000 years ago covered everywhere Neanderthals lived, and no Neanderthals survived it. The last Neanderthals went extinct from exposure in a cave in Spain, which was affected by the last ice age.

    No sewing equipment has ever been found with Neanderthals. They died of exposure in spite of being more cold-hardy than homo-sapiens, who by the last ice age had mastered sewing tighter-fitting clothing with leather and fur. That’s why we survived the last ice age, and the Neanderthals did not.



  • ronl2k@lemmy.worldtoComic Strips@lemmy.worldOh dear
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    3 days ago

    Neanderthals went extinct because they couldn’t survive the ice age of 40,000 years ago. Unlike homo-sapiens, they never learned to sew, so they couldn’t make tighter-fitting fur clothing to keep warm. They mostly wore loose-fitting animal hides.







  • ronl2k@lemmy.worldtoMemes@sopuli.xyzImpossible
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    5 days ago

    One thing that getting old has taught me is that young people tend to think that life before them was prehistoric. Technology tends to advance gradually. The only consumer invention that ever shocked me was the introduction of the microwave oven in the early 1970’s. Didn’t see that one coming.