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Day 26 #archaeology31, Communication.
Discoveries such as a modern hyoid bone, presence of the FOXP2 gene and the presence of complex behaviours have led many to suggest Neanderthals were capable of communicating in a complex manor, much like our own species
Day 23 #archaeology31. Interpretation
The image from 1909 is the interpretation of neanderthals based on the La Chapelle aux saints skeleton, the one beside it is a modern reconstruction.
These images show how advanced our interpretation of this species has come.
Today's #archaeology31 Day 18: Caturday.
Working with extinct animals, its sometimes hard to imagine how the species would have looked in life . The work of paleoartists such as this drawing by Mauricio Anton provide an insight into these amazing big cats (Smilodon)