Practice question · Select all that apply
Which are well-supported findings about Neanderthals?
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- The supported findings concern brain size, adhesives and care.
- Composite tools required a genuinely difficult chemical process.
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- B. Average brain size at least as large as modern humans’
- C. Care for badly injured group members over years
- D. Adhesive made by dry-distilling bark
Why
Birch tar requires distilling bark in a low-oxygen environment, not a simple recipe. And the Shanidar man survived years with a withered arm and damaged eye socket: somebody fed him. The brutish cartoon came largely from one arthritic skeleton, badly reconstructed.
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