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The history of Neanderthals
The physique of cavemen has made great progress.

The widest part of the skull is near the parietal tubercle, with small teeth, high crown, obvious mandibular flexion and prominent chin. The brain volume has reached 1300 ~ 1500 ml.

These characteristics conform to modern people.

The height of male is about1.74m, and that of female is about1.59m. ..

The cavemen were in the period of matriarchal clan commune, and women played a leading role in social life, establishing kinship according to matriarchal descent.

They * * * use some tools, * * * use labor, * * * use food distribution, and there is no distinction between rich and poor.

Neanderthals still use hammered stone tools, but they have mastered polishing and drilling techniques.

They made artificial fires, lived by gathering and hunting, and fished.

They can go far away to exchange daily necessities with other primitive people.

Cavemen have sewed clothes with bone needles and know how to love beauty.

They will be buried when they die.

Some perforated animal teeth, sea clamp shells and polished stone beads were also found in the cave of Neanderthals, which were probably ornaments they wore.

Zhoukoudian Site 13 1933 10 Under the leadership of Bu Dasheng, a new fossil site was discovered about L kilometers south of Gulong Mountain, named as 13 Site.

The excavation was carried out under the leadership of Pei Wenzhong. From June 1933 to June 1934, about 400 cubic meters of earthwork was excavated to obtain fossils 16 1 box and a few stone tools.

There are 36 kinds of mammal fossils unearthed in this site, most of which are large animals, and carnivores account for13 of the identifiable animals.

In this animal combination, the notable species are wolf variant, China hyena, last saber-toothed tiger, Upper Shi Ding zokor, Brandt's vole, Laplacian porcupine, Sanmenma, Mei's rhinoceros, gecko sika deer, flat-horned swollen bone deer, German buffalo and monkey. Cultural relics have also been found in this place, including crushed stones and chips with marks. Single straight blade scraper made of timely small gravel can be used for cutting; Primitive weapon, small chopper.

From these stones, we can know that people used two methods at that time, namely, smashing and hammering, and the repairing tools were hammers, including scraper, sharp instrument and kopis.

There are 54 species of vertebrate fossils found in caves, including 48 species of mammals, most of which live in East China, Inner Mongolia and Northeast China. Only three species of extinct animals are cave bears, the last hyenas and ostriches, accounting for only 12. 1% of the total number of animals.

This shows that the caves at the top of the mountain are cave sites at the end of the late Pleistocene.

Can't talk.

But in the initial communication, there were cries of "eyah eyah".

The cavemen were in the period of matriarchal clan commune.