For years our ancestors have been the victim of an ugly stereotype, so let's start their rebranding hereThey've long been maligned as grunting, club-wielding idiots, but apparently we've got Neanderthals all wrong. Misled by their simple tools (clubs) and simple language (grunting) we have stereotyped them as primitive beings but this couldn't be further from the truth. In fact, according to recent research, Neanderthals were no less intelligent than their modern human contemporaries.
After careful study of archaeological records, scientists in the Netherlands found evidence to suggest that Neanderthals were just as advanced in culture, weaponry and hunting as our human forebears. According to those scientists, the misunderstanding came about because people had been comparing Neanderthals to their successors, who had more advanced tools, rather than their contemporaries. Which is rather like assuming I am more advanced than my parents because I know how to work an iPhone. But this doesn't make my parents any less intelligent just obsolete and unable to function in this modern, fast-paced world.
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After careful study of archaeological records, scientists in the Netherlands found evidence to suggest that Neanderthals were just as advanced in culture, weaponry and hunting as our human forebears. According to those scientists, the misunderstanding came about because people had been comparing Neanderthals to their successors, who had more advanced tools, rather than their contemporaries. Which is rather like assuming I am more advanced than my parents because I know how to work an iPhone. But this doesn't make my parents any less intelligent just obsolete and unable to function in this modern, fast-paced world.
Continue reading... Reported by guardian.co.uk 10 hours ago.