Archaeologists revisit Jersey's Neanderthal site

[WhiteTara]

https://news.yahoo.com/archaeologists-revisit-jerseys-neanderthal-082144058.html

I had no idea Neanderthal were in the west. Very interesting. Sorry I don't have the BBC direct address, but...

Archaeologists will be exploring Jersey's Ice Age history through a collection of artefacts from a Neanderthal site.

The items were found at La Cotte à la Chèvre, a small cave near Grosnez on the north coast.

Experts say the site suggests that Neanderthals lived and hunted in Jersey 250,000 years ago.

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Most of the artefacts have been stored in bags or boxes since they were excavated in the early 20th Century and 1960s, said Jersey Heritage.

The team will be led by Dr Josie Mills, who has studied Palaeolithic sites in Jersey since 2010.

Dr Mills said: "La Cotte à la Chèvre is an important site for understanding Jersey's Ice Age past.

"By repackaging and cataloguing the artefacts, we hope to reveal more about how Neanderthals used this site and how it compares to the larger and better-known La Cotte de St Brelade at Ouaisné.

[Poiuyt]

1. Just to clarify, this is the island off the coast of France, not New Jersey

[ornotna]

2. I don't think it's New Jersey

La Cotee a la Chevre is a Neanderthal Man cave which is on the north coast of Jersey Channel Islands.

[DBoon]

3. so Neanderthals had "man caves"?

figures

[ornotna]

5. Well, yes

But I understand the decor was very subdued and down to earth. Nothing fancy.

[JHB]

4. Jersey the Channel island, not the Garden State

Back then the sea level was lower, so it wasn't an island at the time of the Neaderthals.

[WhiteTara]

6. My brain is on actual auto pilot.

I think my stress level peaked and my mind has been blown. I hope not for good and always, but otoh I sure was excited to see the Neanderthals on the east coast.

I think I'll go put my head under my pillow and sleep for a week.

[JHB]

7. I prescribe a shot or two of hard liquor and a silly movie

My own preference would be Jameson's and something by Monty Python, but you have to adapt to what works best for you.

[WhiteTara]

8. Thanks for the great suggestion.

Oh, that I could comply. Alas, there is a small amount of wine at the bottom of a bottle and then it's water.

[JHB]

9. Water and letting your imagination be vivid can do wonders.

'struth.

[WarGamer]

10. Before people make Neanderthal jokes...

New research believes they were probably more advanced and superior to H. sapiens...

Neanderthals only lost the evolutionary sweepstakes because they're a higher maintenance specimen whereas H. sapiens are like rats, adaptable and reproduce quickly.

[madinmaryland]

11. So Sporkfoot is from France? How did she end up in Georgia?

[JanMichael]

12. I thought this was about that reality show?

[Hassin Bin Sober]

13. I thought this was going to be about the Jersey Shore cast.