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NL888 Posted 12 years ago
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A relatively sophisticated cognitive capacity to produce them?
Failed to understand "a relatively sophisticated cognitive capacity to produce them": human produce human by reproductive process, not by cognitive activity.
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Their findings, which appear in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, confirm that burials took place in western Europe prior to the arrival of modern humans.
"This discovery not only confirms the existence of Neanderthal burials in Western Europe, but also reveals a relatively sophisticated cognitive capacity to produce them," explains William Rendu, the study's lead author and a researcher at the Center for International Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences (CIRHUS) in New York City.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131216154328.htm
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Neanderthals Buried Their Dead, New Research of Remains Concludes
Dec. 16, 2013— Neanderthals buried their dead, an international team of archaeologists has concluded after a 13-year study of remains discovered in southwestern France.Their findings, which appear in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, confirm that burials took place in western Europe prior to the arrival of modern humans.
"This discovery not only confirms the existence of Neanderthal burials in Western Europe, but also reveals a relatively sophisticated cognitive capacity to produce them," explains William Rendu, the study's lead author and a researcher at the Center for International Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences (CIRHUS) in New York City.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131216154328.htm
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NL888 not only confirms the existence of Neanderthal burials in Western Europe, but also reveals a relatively sophisticated cognitive capacity to produce them ~ not only confirms that the Neanderthals buried the dead, but also shows that they had enough mental ability to do this. CJ
- NL888 not only confirms the existence of Neanderthal burials in Western Europe, but also reveals a relatively sophisticated cognitive capacity to produce them ~ not only confirms that the Neanderthals buried the dead, but also shows that they had enough mental ability to do this.
- CJ
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NL888not only confirms the existence of Neanderthal burials in Western Europe, but also reveals a relatively sophisticated cognitive capacity to produce them~ not only confirms that the Neanderthals buried the dead, but also shows that they had enough mental ability to do this.
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