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Judi Lynn

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Tue Dec 17, 2013, 05:08 PM Dec 2013

Neanderthals were ‘organised’

Friday, December 13, 2013, 00:01 by John von Radowitz, PA

Neanderthals were ‘organised’

They made themselves feel at home in much the same way as modern humans

Scientists studying an ancient cave shelter found evidence that Neanderthals thoughtfully organised their living space, assigning different areas to different activities such as preparing food, making tools and gathering around the fire.

Previously it had been widely assumed that, unlike the early ancestors of modern humans, Neanderthals lived in a state of messy chaos.

“There has been this idea that Neanderthals did not have an organised use of space, something that has always been attributed to humans,” said Julien Riel-Salvatore, from the University of Colorado, US. “Now we have found that Neanderthals did not just throw their stuff everywhere but in fact were organised and purposeful when it came to domestic space.”

Neanderthals were similar to early modern humans in many ways, but belonged to a separate human subspecies.

More:
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20131213/world/Neanderthals-were-organised-.498815#.UrC7bWd3uP8

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