Cave peoples vandalized cave

[IronWing]

Pretty cool

After drilling into the stalagmites and pulling out cylinders of rock, the team could see an obvious transition between two layers. On one side were old minerals that were part of the original stalagmites; on the other were newer layers that had been laid down after the fragments were broken off by the cave’s former users. By measuring uranium levels on either side of the divide, the team could accurately tell when each stalagmite had been snapped off for construction.

Their date? 176,500 years ago, give or take a few millennia.

“When I announced the age to Jacques, he asked me to repeat it because it was so incredible,” says Verheyden. Outside Bruniquel Cave, the earliest, unambiguous human constructions are just 20,000 years old. Most of these are ruins—collapsed collections of mammoth bones and deer antlers. By comparison, the Bruniquel stalagmite rings are well-preserved and far more ancient.

 

[lxskllr]

Savages!

Pretty cool stuff. It'll be interesting if they cut the floor, and find more treasure.

 

[brianmanahan]

Savages!

 

[dawp]

pretty cool considering anyone with euoropian ancestory likely has neanderthal in them

 

[slightlyhuman]

incredible, really blows my mind.

but hey, isn't the earth like 5000 years old? /snicker

 

[skimple]

 

[John Connor]

So if someone calls me a Neanderthal I'll just say thanks!

Oh.

 

[HomerJS]

incredible, really blows my mind.

but hey, isn't the earth like 5000 years old? /snicker

You know Boards of Education in Texas won't accept this

 

[zinfamous]

pretty cool considering anyone with euoropian ancestory likely has neanderthal in them

All us modern humans got some neanderthal in them, bro.

 

[slightlyhuman]

You know Boards of Education in Texas won't accept this

shittttt, if only. ()🙂

 

[John Connor]

If you live near Corpus Christi I'll trade you! I live in, "you can't vote in the primary/pot smoking," Colorado. I've lived here 20 some years now and the cold for seven months with snow is getting awfully boring. Really. I've had the damn heat on now since last October. Well, I haven't ran it for about two weeks now. But it's rain shit today and for the next 3-4 days and cold. Right now the temp is 57. I keep changing between my lounge pants and shorts. It's pissing me off! In fact, if a time traveler without knowing what season it was were to be transported here he might think it was Fall. Not only that, but it looks like my Memorial Day BBQ is fucked. 😡

No, I want to live near the ocean. Tired of the turf, want to see the surf! Plus, I might just fit in with all 'em damn red necks. "They took our jobs!" Der da deeeeer.

:awe:

 

[master_shake_]

You know Boards of Education in Texas won't accept this

god put them there to confuse the non believers.

 

[lxskllr]

god put them there to confuse the non believers.

The Texas board of education? It's all starting to make sense. Texas is god trolling the rest of us.

 

[master_shake_]

The Texas board of education? It's all starting to make sense. Texas is god trolling the rest of us.

florida too.