He was described as having been buried, and the picture above shows this quite clearly. Furthermore, someone must have cared for him in some way, before he died, since he had only a few teeth left. He was also arthritic, but this was not noticed or noted until fifty years after his discovery. Unfortunately, this oversight resulted in some pretty ridiculous portrayals of Neandertals, but I'll go into this in another post. Interestingly, it also spawned more "reasonable" reconstructions as well, but that's also for another post.
Anyway, if any reader happens to be in southwestern France between July 25 and August 8, they might want to drop by and at the very least, view the fossil, which will be on display. There are also a bunch of lectures and presentations during this time.
Anne G
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Anne - thanks for the heads-up, I'm trying to work out if it's feasible for me to make a day-trip in that direction, as it sounds well worth seeing.
It sounds well worth seeing to me, too, though I'm not going to be anywhere near the place. I hope you get a chance. Let us all know if you do.
Anne G
oops - sorry Anne, I should have mentioned I'd used your post for 4SH in my last comment; in the event it was a little too far away for a day trip to the Museum, though it's possible they might publish something of the lectures etc.
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