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Ella Al-Shamahi

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
974 total appearances

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The Ancients
Homo Sapiens vs Neanderthals

And it doesn't seem to have a structural purpose.

The Ancients
Homo Sapiens vs Neanderthals

It doesn't seem to have been because it's an abode and a home and that kind of thing.

The Ancients
Homo Sapiens vs Neanderthals

And then they did the dating on it a while back now, maybe 10 years ago.

The Ancients
Homo Sapiens vs Neanderthals

And they were like, oh, it's really old.

The Ancients
Homo Sapiens vs Neanderthals

It's over 100,000 years old.

The Ancients
Homo Sapiens vs Neanderthals

And in Europe, that's not really Homo sapiens.

The Ancients
Homo Sapiens vs Neanderthals

I mean, it's possible that a Homo sapiens group got to France at that point.

The Ancients
Homo Sapiens vs Neanderthals

It's absolutely possible.

The Ancients
Homo Sapiens vs Neanderthals

It's just we've got no evidence for it.

The Ancients
Homo Sapiens vs Neanderthals

The only evidence at that period is Neanderthals.

The Ancients
Homo Sapiens vs Neanderthals

So if Neanderthals are... I mean, what are you doing moving around stalagmites, stalactites, making them into these strange circles in a cave?

The Ancients
Homo Sapiens vs Neanderthals

That seems incredibly creative to a lot of us.

The Ancients
Homo Sapiens vs Neanderthals

They also, we know now, were doing cave... I mean...

The Ancients
Homo Sapiens vs Neanderthals

handprints if you want to call that cave art i personally would some people wouldn't call it cave art but i mean you know i don't know any other species that we know of that was putting their hand in pigment and putting it against a wall you don't get chimpanzees doing that don't get hummer heidelbergensis or any of these other species that we know of doing it dennis fins were probably doing it but the others there's no evidence for it that's them and i'm

The Ancients
Homo Sapiens vs Neanderthals

It was shocking.

The Ancients
Homo Sapiens vs Neanderthals

And I think that for a lot of us is incredibly visual.

The Ancients
Homo Sapiens vs Neanderthals

So for those of you who didn't watch the series Human, I won't take it personally.

The Ancients
Homo Sapiens vs Neanderthals

But there is this moment where we're talking about feathers.

The Ancients
Homo Sapiens vs Neanderthals

And I think what's really interesting is, obviously, you can imagine, as you know, these things you kind of talk to your whole team about them or the production team and the directors and what have you.