While we can’t say for sure that cousins such as Neanderthals did not share this interest and ability to create and to think symbolically, what we do know is that by 35,000 to 20,000 years ago, people
What are some similarities and differences between Neanderthals and Sapiens?
n the past, it had been believed that these earlier "species" in the genus Homo were primitive "Cave Men", and were only distantly related to us. New discoveries have recently been made by archaeologists, who have found that the tools used by Neanderthals were very similar to those used by neighboring H. sapiens.
I remember learning this in class. I was so fascinated by this concept of species.
So if we imagine a culture of people who hunted, fished, gathered, and began cultivating valuable food plants near their camps, we would be thinking of people who supported themselves in a similar way to the woodland Native American tribes of the Northeast.
I find it really interesting that people actually found this as the normal way to live. It makes me very grateful to live how I live right now. I would want to learn more about this.
The most significant of these cultures was known as the Yamnaya. These cart-using pastoralists originated in what is now Ukraine and eastern Russia about 5,300 years ago and spread through Europe over the next 700 years.
I found this very informative. I did not hear about this before. I found the map very helpful and it helped me visualize it better.