A team of researchers from USA Croatia found that the Krapina Neanderthals (Croatia) could be manipulated clutches of white-tailed eagle, a bird of prey, to make jewelry 130,000 years ago, before the appearance of modern humans in Europe.
This is the main conclusion of a study published in the scientific journal “PLoS One”, in which the authors describe eight claws, which shed new light on the cognitive abilities of Neanderthals.
The fossil remains were discovered more than a hundred years ago and all derived from a single period.
According to the authors of this study, four claws show several cut marks with smooth edges and all facets of rubbing and abrasion. In addition, three of them have small indentations on the surface.
This suggests that they may be part of a set of jewels, as a necklace or bracelet.
Algunos researchers have argued that Neanderthals lacked symbolic abilities or could copy this behavior of men . Modern
However, the presence of these claws suggests that Neanderthals of Krapina should use them to some kind of symbolic purpose: “It is an amazing discovery,” said David Frayer, University of Kansas (USA) and one of the signers of this work.
“It’s one of those things that suddenly appear. It is unexpected and surprising because we did not find anything like-this kind of jewels to recent times, “he said.
EFE
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