very interesting! i’ve also heard of recent speculations about the significance of birds and feathers for neanderthals since they’ve been found at various burial sites
Great read. It's really good to see how our understanding of Neanderthals is changing and improving to the point that calling someone a Neanderthal is actually unfair to Neanderthals. They were complex human beings, able to produce abstract art, music and complex ideas.
23andMe said that I have 303 Neanderthal variants — more Neanderthal variants than 88% of their customers! (They added that my Neanderthal ancestry accounts for less than 4% of my overall DNA.)
If anyone has read Clan of The Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel she did a fantastic imagining of what prehistoric life would have been like. Of course much of it is speculation and artistic license but she also heavily researched to write this epic. I very much recommend (TW: SA)
Neanderthal Man by Svante Pääbo accounts for the recent discovery that modern humans share Neanderthal ancestry. The Sacred Paw by Paul Shepard and Barry Sanders is an informative book on bear worship, which can be tied to Neanderthals.
very interesting! i’ve also heard of recent speculations about the significance of birds and feathers for neanderthals since they’ve been found at various burial sites
Great read. It's really good to see how our understanding of Neanderthals is changing and improving to the point that calling someone a Neanderthal is actually unfair to Neanderthals. They were complex human beings, able to produce abstract art, music and complex ideas.
In reality it would be a compliment 🙂
This is a fascinating read, I immediately started to think about midsommer and their cult rituals with bears.
There is a magic the Neanderthals knew, thanks for capturing it in words.
I have just discovered your work and it is a fantastic look on an often overlooked topic.I look forward to reading more of your posts.
Brilliant
Fascinating. I will be thinking about this for a long time. Many thanks
23andMe said that I have 303 Neanderthal variants — more Neanderthal variants than 88% of their customers! (They added that my Neanderthal ancestry accounts for less than 4% of my overall DNA.)
This is cool (cave/rebirth).
Wonder if this may have been the felt source of the Christian story of arising after four days in the cave.
Powerful.
Animism.
I tought it was something like Totemism.
Definitely an aspect
Thank you for this info, this is the type of stuff not enough people think about. I learned so much.
I’m so glad this popped up on my feed today months after it was posted because my mind is absolutely spinning now
What a cool ass account lol
If anyone has read Clan of The Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel she did a fantastic imagining of what prehistoric life would have been like. Of course much of it is speculation and artistic license but she also heavily researched to write this epic. I very much recommend (TW: SA)
Yes, I’ve read 5 books in that series & enjoyed them very much! It felt like time-traveling to experience life so long ago.
Not on board with her depiction, but it got people interested and launched the genre, which is cool!
Any other recommendations?
Neanderthal Man by Svante Pääbo accounts for the recent discovery that modern humans share Neanderthal ancestry. The Sacred Paw by Paul Shepard and Barry Sanders is an informative book on bear worship, which can be tied to Neanderthals.
Are Cro-Magnon cave paintings recognizably different fr