Manuports = carried by hand - Deepstash
Manuports = carried by hand

Manuports = carried by hand

Did Neanderthals have a thing for shine and glitter?

Examples are known across the Neanderthal world: a quartz crystal, a fossil shell, pumice stones. Can we infer symbolic meaning? A special treatment of them would be needed.

At Cioarei-Boroșteni cave in the southern Carpathians excavations uncovered a hard ball-like object, enough to fill your hand, yet remarkably dense. Possibly opal.

Residues of black and red pigment were found. What the pigment was used for can only be imagined, but it's significance lies in showing that Neanderthals were interested in applying color to unusual things.

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Reconsider the complexity of Neanderthal life by seeing them as kindred hominins: curious, creative, adaptable and skilled.

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