Hi,
Read this article in Reader's Digest and just thought of sharing this piece of weird news with you.
A team of British scientists have discovered painted marine shells used as decorative pendants, together with mineral pigments and shells containing residues of brightlly coloured paints, which collectively suggest that they wore body paint ad were even capable of symbolic thinking. Says lead researcher Professor Joan Zilhao, "The practice of body ornamentation proves that the Neanderthals were as intelligent as their African comtemporaries", "It shows they attained identical levels of cognitive, behavioural and cultural development."
I know that the image of cavemen putting on make-up sounds as absurd to you as it is to me. But remember, they were our ancestors, and they had to be smarter than what we pictures them to be right?
Cheers,
l'auteur
Links for your convenience:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1242118/Neanderthal-make-discovered-Proof-human-subspecies-half-wits.html
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/neanderthal.html
http://newslite.tv/2010/01/12/neanderthal-man-wore-makeup-an.html
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