Re: Did the Neanderthals have nets?

During the Neolithic era, some 10,000 years ago,
Neandertals were long gone.

I know, it's (finally) the solution to the end of the Neandertal.
It was their last invention.
Unfortunately, they snared themselves, and all starved to death before
coming into contact with AMH.


RafaMinu wrote:
During the Neolithic era, some 10,000 years ago, nomadic groups
scavenged, hunted, fished, and gathered plants in an unending search
for food. The search ended when they learned to plant the native grains
(grasses) and developed agriculture.
Agriculture requires a commitment to the land and grants a steady food
supply which enables people to form permanent settlements.
Cannabis and Neolithic bands probably came in contact often as plants
invaded the fertile clearings - the campsites, roadsides, fields and
garbage heaps - that occur wherever people live.

We know that the fibrous stalks of the plant of Cannabis were used to
produce clothing and rope.

And there's also evidence shows that Neanderthal knew how to make
fire...

Day Brown wrote:
Lee Olsen wrote:
johnwl4@xxxxxxx wrote:


stripped off easily, and is very tough. Wasn't there an
impression in clay of something that looked like a net, found in Spain.


http://tinyurl.com/wso2a

Thanx. that reminds me of another possibility. Lotsa small quick growing
trees and shrubs send out runners, up to the size of your thumb, that
have tensile strength in the tons. This would have enabled the
Neanderthal to tie logs and brush together at ambush points, making the
thrusting spears they used vastly more effective.

Thorny hedges could also have been used to control the movement of even
megafauna. *HOWEVER*, as the climate changed, and cold weather killed
off these shrubs and trees, the Neanderthal wouldda been outta business.

The idea of weaving brush to make fences is still seen all over Africa.

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