Neanderthals
The Infinite Monkey Cage
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Neandertols - Is There a Blade Culture?
Is it possible to paint a brief picture, a snapshot, of what that world may have been like for them in particular? Yes. A round sort of hundred thousand years ago in north france, there seems to be a whole blade culture that pops up. The anatols are interested in using flakes, and they have very sophisticated ways of getting flakes from rock. They're a skilled nappers. But one of the things that was claimed for a long time was that, oh, they didn't really go in for blades, and so they're a bit stupid. I just wait to ash you that before we move on to some er specific just painting this picture of the neandertol
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