. . . Neanderthals, who most likely had pale skin, used these dark pigments to mark their own as well as animal skins. And, since body art is a form of communication, this implies that the Neanderthals could speak, d'Errico says.
[. . .] The pigments were not just smeared onto the body like camouflage, d'Errico says, but fashioned into drawing tools.
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Thursday, April 03, 2008
Let's edumacate ourselves! : Neanderthals
According to European archaeologist Francesco d'Errico, Neanderthals, hominids who inhabited the earth before modern humans took over, may have worn make-up:
Looks like they invented pencil liners too.
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