![]() Neanderthal uses of stone, bone, shell and wood is examined and attention drawn to the use of red ochre for art works.Įmphasis is placed on survival and lifestyle Neanderthals were communal and co-operative as well as nomadic. Indeed, a substantial proportion of the current world population of non-African origin carries a small percentage (1 to 2 per cent) of Neanderthal genes.ĭrawing on a wide range of evidence derived from Neanderthal archaeological sites distributed from Wales throughout Europe and into Siberia, a comprehensive view of Neanderthal life, material wealth and death is presented. Moreover, the development of DNA analysis of fossil remains has had profound implications for understanding hominid characteristics and inter-species relationships, not least for Neanderthals. ![]() ![]() New fossil finds, improved age-estimation techniques and palaeoenvironmental investigations have altered this picture considerably. Neanderthals, the descendants of Homo erectus immigrants from Africa into Europe, have until recently been considered as uninventive, socially limited due to language constraints, and lacking artistic talent. ![]() Since the first identification of Neanderthal remains, discovered in the Neander Valley of Germany in 1856, studies of this hominid species have proved to be exciting, enigmatic and enlightening. Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art ![]()
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