Comments on: Evidence of Smart, Jewelry-Making Neanderthals Is Challenged http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/10/19/evidence-of-smart-jewelry-making-neanderthals-is-challenged/ 80beats is DISCOVER's news aggregator, weaving together the choicest tidbits from the best articles covering the day's most compelling topics. Tue, 22 May 2012 17:56:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Lisa yang http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/10/19/evidence-of-smart-jewelry-making-neanderthals-is-challenged/comment-page-1/#comment-1171360 Lisa yang Tue, 12 Jul 2011 06:35:28 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=21522#comment-1171360 we are professional manufacture of jewelry making tools and equipment www.yyytool.com Lisa Yang yyytool@hotmail.com 86 755 27944158 we are professional manufacture of jewelry making tools and equipment

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]]> By: Amanda http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/10/19/evidence-of-smart-jewelry-making-neanderthals-is-challenged/comment-page-1/#comment-395171 Amanda Wed, 03 Nov 2010 18:41:23 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=21522#comment-395171 The title is misleading. As someone has already commented just because they didn't make jewelry doesn't mean they wern't smart. Unfortunatly some newspapers have headlined this news with the usual Neanderthals were dumb stance. As far as I'm aware from reading various pieces of evidence, they were intelligent. They may well have thought differently but that doesn't make them stupid. A lack of art also doesn't mean a lack of intelligence. Besides what Neanderthals considered art might of been very different to what we consider is art. More research is needed and difficult as it is scientists should try and convince the media to stop using the dumb lable for Neanderthals and other hominids. The title is misleading. As someone has already commented just because they didn’t make jewelry doesn’t mean they wern’t smart.
Unfortunatly some newspapers have headlined this news with the usual Neanderthals were dumb stance.
As far as I’m aware from reading various pieces of evidence, they were intelligent. They may well have thought differently but that doesn’t make them stupid. A lack of art also doesn’t mean a lack of intelligence. Besides what Neanderthals considered art might of been very different to what we consider is art.
More research is needed and difficult as it is scientists should try and convince the media to stop using the dumb lable for Neanderthals and other hominids.

]]> By: Jim King http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/10/19/evidence-of-smart-jewelry-making-neanderthals-is-challenged/comment-page-1/#comment-362508 Jim King Wed, 20 Oct 2010 19:48:59 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=21522#comment-362508 Doug Watts' reply is pretty bizarre. Racism? What? And, yeah, as Daniel said it does matter who made the jewelry. Doug Watts’ reply is pretty bizarre. Racism? What? And, yeah, as Daniel said it does matter who made the jewelry.

]]> By: Daniel J. Andrews http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/10/19/evidence-of-smart-jewelry-making-neanderthals-is-challenged/comment-page-1/#comment-362130 Daniel J. Andrews Wed, 20 Oct 2010 15:57:52 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=21522#comment-362130 "This blog" or this article? I suspect you meant the latter. Either way, disagree and puzzled by your comment. Who made what or who did what is an important part of archaeology. Knowing what type of culture produced what type of spearpoint or pottery provides a useful way of dating sites or learning what other cultures they interacted/traded with. Google "pottery + archaeology", or "Clovis spearpoints" to see just how much information can be derived from these things. Determining which culture/people made which artifact isn't racism even by extreme definition. It's science. Edit to add: perhaps the title "Evidence of Smart...etc" is where you gained your impression? It should read "Evidence of Jewelry-Making Neanderthals is Challenged" rather than use the value judgment "smart". (lack of evidence for jewelry making doesn't mean they weren't smart any more than making jewelry indicates they were smart) “This blog” or this article? I suspect you meant the latter. Either way, disagree and puzzled by your comment.

Who made what or who did what is an important part of archaeology. Knowing what type of culture produced what type of spearpoint or pottery provides a useful way of dating sites or learning what other cultures they interacted/traded with. Google “pottery + archaeology”, or “Clovis spearpoints” to see just how much information can be derived from these things.

Determining which culture/people made which artifact isn’t racism even by extreme definition. It’s science.

Edit to add: perhaps the title “Evidence of Smart…etc” is where you gained your impression? It should read “Evidence of Jewelry-Making Neanderthals is Challenged” rather than use the value judgment “smart”. (lack of evidence for jewelry making doesn’t mean they weren’t smart any more than making jewelry indicates they were smart)

]]> By: Doug Watts http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/10/19/evidence-of-smart-jewelry-making-neanderthals-is-challenged/comment-page-1/#comment-361242 Doug Watts Wed, 20 Oct 2010 08:05:31 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=21522#comment-361242 Christ, this blog is 19th century racism at its worst. Who cares who made the jewelry, unless you're a bigot? Christ, this blog is 19th century racism at its worst. Who cares who made the jewelry, unless you’re a bigot?

]]> By: cray http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/10/19/evidence-of-smart-jewelry-making-neanderthals-is-challenged/comment-page-1/#comment-360382 cray Tue, 19 Oct 2010 21:14:42 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=21522#comment-360382 They were stupid because they watched Glenn Beck. They were stupid because they watched Glenn Beck.

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