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As early as 370k years ago, Neanderthals had the ability to produce clothes to survive in the glacial period, this was 170k years before the first Sapiens even emerged
https://anthropology.net/2009/06/26/neanderthals-dried-fresh-meat-wore-tailored-clothing-energy-study/
Neanderthals looked after their sick and old, buried their dead, laid them to rest with possessions and items such as flowers and gifts. Sapiens only start these practices around the time we see the first interactions of them with Neanderthals who taught them these things
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/cambridge-archaeological-journal/article/div-classtitlethe-shanidar-iv-flower-burial-a-re-evaluation-of-neanderthal-burial-ritualdiv/C28BB4644C55E12ED64819A260A5055D
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/287781004_Krapina_-_A_mortuary_practice_site_with_cannibalistic_rites
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/cambridge-archaeological-journal/article/abs/shanidar-iv-flower-burial-a-reevaluation-of-neanderthal-burial-ritual/C28BB4644C55E12ED64819A260A5055D
The earliest known Sapien buriels are 100k years old in the Levant, an area they would have cohabitated with Neanderthals. However, the Sapiens buried at this burial were originally thought to be Neanderthals due to their phenotypes, indicating that inbreeding was going on
Neanderthals were mostly carnivorous and specialised in big game, and there is evidence of them being partial to seafood including dolphins and seals.
Thiamine deficiency also known as high-calorie malnutrition, which is due to one's inability to derive nutrients from large amounts simple-carbs, is a trait that is passed down from Neanderthals, this is why many North Europeans see such a benefit from Keto or Ketolike diets
Neanderthals produced wooden and stone tools, with extreme technical efficiency in ways that would not be replicated until the postdiluvian period as well as the mastery of fire, both feats that were also not seen in Sapiens until first-contact.
Neanderthals are famous for living in caves, but they also constructed homes and small villages from mammoth bones.
Neanderthals made art, crafted jewelry, ornaments, feathers, and even used imagery to teach fellow Neanderthals on how to hunt, many of the cave drawings we know Neanderthals for have since been understood to be ice age lesson plans for hunting game.
Neanderthals invented string, hearths, homes, herbal remedies, the lissoir, make-up, & the world's first musical instrument as well as sophisticated music in general
Neanderthals were the first to master seafaring 100k years ago. Neanderthal tools have been found on Crete and many other places around the world that would have been inaccessible without boats.
https://phys.org/news/2012-03-evidence-neanderthals-boats-modern-humans.html
Neanderthals prefered to live in very small groups, that had little or no contact with each other, Neanderthals did not have a social brain (frontal cortex) but a visual brain (occipital lobe).
They smoked, dried, and cured meat, and were notorious hoarders. O
Neanderthals evolved in the coldest environment imaginable, so conservation of energy was an extremely major concern. Preforming unnecessary actions would have created a disadvantage
Eye contact is a sign of aggression in primates and Neanderthals were no exception. Modern Humans use eye contact as a social tool, but in competitive environments this archaic usage of eye contact comes back. Sapiens can ignore sensory input, while Neanderthals cannot
OCD, Aspergers, ADHD, Schizophrenia, BPD, and many other 'disorders' have been directly linked and tied to genes that we have inherited from Neanderthals, do any of the behaviours of Neanderthals seem neurodivergent to you?
The 'Great Leap Foward' in Sapien cognition is directly because of interbreeding and gene transfer between Neanderthals and Sapiens. Every single living Eurasian has Neanderthal DNA, did Neanderthals really go extinct?
When we speak of 'Neanderthal DNA', we fail to mention that this is only genes that we have been able to 100% without a doubt trace back to being uniquely and distinctly Neanderthalic. This means essentially nothing, a full blooded Neanderthal could show up as 2% Neanderthal
The earliest known religious practices come from Neanderthals. There is evidence of not only totem worship, but also animal worship, specifically worship of the bear, a word so reviled in Hyperborean society, all root words only describe the bear, they do not name it directly
Edited last time by Mytsy on 01/08/2021 (Fri) 23:56:23.