Famous Cave Paintings Might Not Be From Humans

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26. Watch a Show that stated that Modern Humans and Neanderthals overlapped but not together

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What I meant by the above is after examination of Neanderthal Cells we can now determine what was that person's general diet, i.e. plant eater or meat eater. Studies on Neanderthals seems to indicate they were 80% meat eaters. Modern Humans are WAY below that figure even if you view yourself as a meat eater.

Another factor as to Neanderthals was the lack of chnage in their habits, best seen in that in areas we knew had salmon (and other fish) runs, Neanderthals did not eat salmon or such seasonal fish. Neanderthals seems to be people who did what they had always done and what they parents had done, little is no investigation or change. i..e they hunted deer last week, they hunted deer this week, even if this week they was a massive salmon run where the salmon almost leaped into their cooking pots.

More of the food of Neanderthals and food:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17595-seafood-gave-us-the-edge-on-the-neanderthals.html

Neanderthals used the same tools for almost they entire existence (the only change came with contact with modern Humans, through the recent research may show what had been thought as a change in Neanderthals where instead the product of modern humans).

At the time Modern Humans entered Europe and came into contact with Neanderthals, what had previously been forest was turning to grasslands. Modern humans, who have a habit of investigating and adopting changes, quickly adapted to the new grasslands, the Neanderthals retreated into the surviving forest patches where they could still hunt what they had always hunted.

Modern humans tend to remember things year to year (as do bears and some other animals) thus during Salmon (and other fish) runs, today as while as during the time period in discussion, modern Humans go to the stream that is running with fish and fish. Modern humans will remember what is coming into "season" i.e what is ripe and go and pick those ripe fruits and seeds. Neanderthals appear to do neither, i.e. change for what comes and go in the sense of fish or animals, or move around depending on what fruit or seed is eatable.

This movement of people to go to what is in season, is absence in the movement of Neanderthals, and that is believe that Neanderthals were so dependent on meat.

Thus I can say the pictures were not drawn by Neanderthals for Neanderthals do NOT seem to have the ability to think about next season let alone next year or some future movement of animals.

On the other hand, two other articles can support a claim for Neanderthals. First is that when examined the drawings seems to be drawn equally by the left and right hands. Thus that implies either 50% of the population was lefty, or what we call Right hand dominance had not yet developed in humans. Neanderthals were NOT known to use throwing weapons, thus the need to use one hand or the other was of minor importance to them (Modern theory indicates Right handedness came out of the need to accurately throw things, not needed by Neanderthals (Apparently), Chimpanzee or Gorillas (based on actual observations of Chimpanzees and Gorillas). Thus if the drawings were done by Neanderthals would explain the 50% left handiness of the drawers.

Now the drawing being done by the left hand can be explained otherwise, for example may be the drawer kept his dominate right hand on the LIGHT thus forcing him or her to draw with the left (and only one out of every two drawers had to hold the light, thus the other drawer could use his or her right). The left handiness could have been a cultural demand, i.e. certain drawings had to be done by a lefty, thus even if leftys were only 10% of the population they had to draw 50% of the drawings.

The other problem is the lack of dogs in the drawings. May be cultural, they wanted to show the game that they wanted to hunt, and the human drawings were to show what THEY would do if the game came back, thus no need to show any dogs helping them.

The response to this is current theory (Under attack in some quarters) say dogs only became integrated with human society. 35,000 years ago, starting in the Middle east. Thus the lack of dogs is dismissed for dogs were NOT integrated with Humans at that time.

The problem with this is recent DNA studies have indicated that Wolfs and Dogs split about 100,000 years ago, about the time Modern Humans appear. Thus modern Humans and Dogs have been interacting for about 100,000 years. Now, the theory goes is that when modern Humans appear, they quickly saw that Wolfs could drive animals to them. Modern humans then acted on that observation. Modern humans then decided to encourage such drives by giving part of any game killed to the wolves that drove the game. Wolves are NOT dumb, thus some wolves started to intact with humans. It appears these were the smaller wolves, about the size of today's dogs not full size wolves, for the smaller wolf could maneuver themselves for protection by the Humans of larger wolves appeared (and warn the humans of the approach of the hostile pack). Thus these dog size wolves and humans interacted for thousands of years before man took them formerly into their camp. Present theory states that such integration took place 40-45,000 years ago (Based on changes in dog teeth of about 35,000 years ago when it appears humans started to breed dogs for certain attributes), thus in plenty of time for dogs to be in the drawings.

Thus arguments can be made for AND against Neanderthals making these drawings. maybe in the future this debate can be resolved by future findings, but right now it is all still up for debate more then anything else.


More on wolves and dogs
http://www.workingdogweb.com/DogOrigins.htm
http://discovermagazine.com/1998/jan/theyearinscience1393