It’s tempting to think that Neanderthals may have had the ability to hear things modern humans cannot…or vice-versa. Can we hear things they could not? Time will tell… Read more at: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/03/150327091845.htm
It’s interesting that no pregnant women or infants were found in the cemetery. Even though medieval male religious orders rarely treated women, because it was considered indecent, we’d expect a few to be found in most cemeteries dating to this period. Dying in childbirth, and infant mortality were very high…
We were actually lucky enough to see Little Foot in situ in the breccia in South Africa. This is a fascinating article. Advances in technology give archaeologists the ability to learn new things from old finds. It’s always exciting…