Research led by the Universidad de Burgos has uncovered evidence suggesting Neanderthals engaged in collecting activities based on discoveries at the Prado Vargas Cave in Burgos, Spain. Fifteen Upper Cretaceous marine fossils were found, indicating that Neanderthals may have gathered these objects for reasons beyond practical utility.
  • acockworkorange@mander.xyzEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Collecting objects simply for their aesthetic interest is considered a very human thing to do

    I thought crows and other animals engaged in collecting things with no apparent utility.

  • ulterno@programming.devEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Big Discovery: Children played in the past!

    Well, guess now nobody will say they didn’t have fun in prehistoric times.