Whenever Neanderthals are reconstructed, I always see hairy, bearded men, where can I find images of "N"-Babes

Question

Whenever Neanderthals are reconstructed, I always see hairy, bearded men, where can I find images of "N"-Babes

Answer 1

Family album. Ask your mom if you can borrow it.

Answer 2

All the really good photos of Neander babies were destroyed by religious fundamentalists in the vain hope of putting a dent in the reality of Evolution.

The only thing we, at the Royal Academy, can use is baby pictures of US Republican politicians. The similarity is striking.

Answer 3

Rent "The Clan of the Cave Bear." Babe might be bit of a stretch, but it portrays Neanderthal females.

Answer 4

The women are there, usually hidden in long hair and holding children.

Neandertal Man, Homo sapiens neanderthalenis was first discovered in Germany's Neander Valley. The find was made in 1859. The bones were at various times claimed to be that of a caveman, an ape, a deformed human, and even a Russian Cossack from Napoleon's Army! (The bowed legs were from a lifetime spent on a horse. He was wounded and crawled into the cave to die as Napoleon retreated.)

With a short, stocky body, bowed legs and a large jutting ridge over his eyes, Neandertal quickly be came portrayed as a brutish, dimwitted, and not acceptable in polite Company. In short the stereotypical caveman of bad movies.

Much of the problem that when the remains were fitted together, the scientist got it wrong. Moreover, the body was deformed due to arthritis. Modern reconstruction's, while keeping the stocky build have changed the image. One display even has a Neandertal in evening clothes.

The Neandertals existed between 30,000 and 200,000 years ago. Their physical stature is similar to the Inuit of the far north (Eskimos) The body form conserves heat in a cold environment. Their bones were thicker, nasal passages larger, and their brains were of greater size then those of present-day humans. The Neandertals have huge noses, perhaps to pre-warm air before it enters the body. As you can see this doesn't fit with our current ideas of beautiful. What has recently changed is the suggestion that most were light haired, blonds and redheards see:

http://www.rdos.net/neanderthal.jpg

The Neandertals used a limited tool kit to survive. The developed the Mousterian system to chip stone and make their axes, scrapers, and points. Throughout their known existence, they did not change their tool styles. Almost 3/4 of the game remains found at Neandertal sites is that if reindeer. Most Neandertal remains show injuries such as broken bones and dislocations. It has been suggested that their hunting methods exposed them to great danger and involved close contact with their prey. It has been suggested that Neandertals hunted only specific animals rather then a broad range as did Cro-Magnon.



The Neandertals were the first to express a religion. They buried their dead. Graves goods, food, tools and even flowers were interred with the body. One body found in Iraq was that of an old man that could only have lived based on the care of others. He had arthritis, a head injury that left him blind in one eye, and an amputed arm.

Recent testing of Neandertal DNA show that present day humans are not descended from the Neandertals. This has placed them outside the human line of descent. However, it should be remembered that this has happened before, Neandertals were out, only to be put back in.

Neandertals lived during the height of the last ice age. They were well adapted to the climate and were well able to survive. When the climate changed it appears that they were incapable of changing with it.

Answer 5

Here's one for ya.  She's probably about your age, too:

http://www.rdos.net/eng/asperger.htm

Answer 6

I once did a set of illos of neanderthals with carefully groomed hair pulled back and tied with string with  feathers  stuck in their dos and got complaints the Neanderthals looked too human despite me giving them large noses projecting brows and tapering chins.

Most reconstructions tend to support the Nman ugh savage look based on Western European skeletons.

However if you compare a wide range of Neanderthal ruins ... well there were "gracile" neanderthals!

Illustrators are beginning to depict them!

Answer 7

Just think of Neanderthal men with b*****s and lacking male reproductice organs. Then again maybe you don't want to think about that.

Answer 8

http://www.entelechyjournal.com/10.1371_...

The chin is a little protrudung.

Answer 9

discover magazine had an article on prehistoric women a few years ago. not sure they were babes, but they were as tough if not tougher than the men.

Answer 10

They are just as hairy or hairier but shorter.