Razib has found a New Scientist article that brings up the question of how human were Neandertals? And by that we are asking what level of complexity can we attribute to Neandertals based off what we have found in the archaeological record?
For a long time, Neanderthals were considered dumb old cave peoples, and that’s why [...]
June 13, 2007
Just how human were Neandertals?
June 13, 2007
The Toltec and new evidence of the Mass Sacrifice of Children
About seven days ago I shared with you news about how a new Nascan skeleton shows signs of sacrifice, and this week I got some more sacrifice & archaeology to share with you. This time we’re moving up from Peru to what is now Mexico, where skeletons of two dozen children killed in an ancient [...]
