The first ‘Neanderthal cave bear bone flute’ from the Middle Palaeolithic was believed to have been discovered in the 1920s in Potočka Zijalka Jama Cave, Slovenia. But are such finds really ‘Neanderthal bone flutes’ or simply products of Ice Age spotted hyena scavenging activities on cave bear cubs in European cave bear dens? The latter […]
Tag: Neanderthals
Franceso d’Errico, chatty and not
Franceso d’Errico of the University of Bordeaux said that yes, Neanderthals wore makeup and liked to chat. He said it to ABC News. But Franceso d’Errico of Yale University made no public statement on the question. (Thanks to investigator Scott Langill for bringing this to our attention.)