Mark: My Appologies on Dneister\Dniester..I think I prompted the error with
first erroneous usage in the thread.
The attached copy is roughly (quickly) translated from the French by
Marcell Williams (paleoanth list) (an article that is within a day of
current). The hot news is the new skeleton parts
and identity.
Interested in John Croft's comments here, should they prove out as Hs @ 44
kya.
DUESSELDORF (Germany), 1st seven (AFP) - German
archaeologists
discovered the face of the man of Néandertal among 50
prehistoric bones
and of many stone tools, in the valley éponyme in the
west of
Duesseldorf (western), announced to Friday the
scientists. The bones
of the face found correspond exactly to the
brain-pan of the man of
Néandertal, discovered at this place in 1856
and whose exhumation had
made it possible to carry a new glance on the
human evolution,
indicated Ralf Schmitz and Juergen Thissen at the time
of a press
conference. The significance of three other fragments
of humérus,
tibia and ulna having belonged to second human of the
glacial era,
whose bones had been updated last year, remains still not
elucidated.
They are " a little more graciles " and could belong to a
woman of
Néandertal or well to a very old form of modern
Homo
sapiens. On this last assumption, it would be the oldest
discovery of
Europe, establishing at 44.000 years the presence of
ancestors of the
modern man on the continent. It would also make it
possible to bring
information on the discussed relationship of the men
of the valley of
Néandertal with the modern men. " the anatomical and
genetic
investigations will be finished only in a few months, but the
first
tests promise instructive results ", affirmed the historians.
The
historical place of the excavations with Néandertal, which
during
several tens of years was used as breakage for old cars, must
be
rehabilitated soon like one of the archaeological places
most
significant for the history of humanity.
(end copy)
Earlier yesterday verbal relay to paleoanthlist from radio
report:
From: "Falk H. Koenemann" <
Peregrine@...>
Newsgroups:
sci.archaeology.moderated
Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2000 2:21
AM
> at the site of the original Neandertaler discovery 150 years ago
new
> research is presently going on. It is in the Neandertal near
>
Duesseldorf, Germany. The cave in which the Neander skeleton was found,
>
has long ago been removed by quarry activity, but the earth that once
>
formed the ground in the cave, has been rediscovered. A year or so ago a
>
bone splinter has been found which fitted exactly into a groove of the
>
femur found in the 19th century.
>
> Today news broke that a part of
the skull of Mr. Neander has been
> retrieved. Thus his face is now almost
complete. Since very few of the
> Neander skulls found altogether are
complete, this additional piece is
> sensational. It may now be possible
to reconstruct his face.
>
> Furthermore, parts of another skeleton
have been found in the same soil.
> The bones are more slender, they
apparently belong to a H.sapiens
> sapiens specimen. If this new skeleton
is of the same age it is by far
> the oldest H.s.s. skeleton in western
Europe. The Neander skeleton has
> been dated to 40Ky bp. Furthermore, it
would suggest that H.s.n. and
> H.s.s. lived together and used the same
caves. DNA studies are presently
> being carried out in
Leipzig.
>
_____________________________________________________________________
> | Dr. Falk H.
Koenemann
Aachen, Germany |
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La Revedere;
Rex H. McTyeire
Bucharest, Romania
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rexbo@...>