Chantal Skeletons

Decent Essays
One anthropologist, Chantal, drove in her automobile to a cave with Neanderthal remains in France. She doubted the credibility of the find, but decided to look for herself. Preceding the event, she wrote hypotheses. Chantal observed that there were many neolithic rocks surrounding the cave entrance. Once Chantal entered the cave, she felt like she was inside a time capsule. On the walls of the cave, there were many scribble-like drawings. The anthropologist felt like a centripetal force was acting on her; she was immediately drawn to the center of the cave. Skeletons that looked as if they were over centuries old littered the floor. Looking at the Neanderthals, it was very obvious that at one point in time their brow ridges were very prominent.

Related Documents

  • Improved Essays

    The sun’s burning rays beat down on us as we dug through the layers of Egyptian sand and rock. We had only begun the excavation the previous day and had already uncovered one-fifth of the ancient pyramid. I, as well as a team of high-ranking archaeologists, had accompanied Sarah Parcak in an expedition to unearth a lost Egyptian pyramid. “How’s your section of the chamber coming along, Erica? We’ve just uncovered a new sarcophagus,” remarked Sarah as she passed by, carrying a large coffin.…

    • 624 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Case #2 is from a site in in Oakley, California, formally entitled CA-CCO-138, Hotchkiss site. Remains and materials from the excavation are now being held at the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology at UC Berkeley. This case depicts a male (Phenice: 1969). It is possible the individual is anywhere between the ages of 19-34 years old based on the phasing of his pubic symphysis (Phase II, 19-34, Brooks and Suchey: 1990) and the phasing of the auricular surface (Phase II-III 25-34, Lovejoy et. al: 1985).…

    • 977 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    In several sections of the book, the author would speak about something and then in the same sentence say that archeological evidence could not support her statement. One example of this is when she is referencing the treatment of newborns and she says “Lullabies may have been sung for her while she was still in the womb, though if so they have left no trace in the archaeological record,” which implies she is making an assumption without having any basis to do so (Szpakowska 35, 36). If she is unsure or there is no record of it, I am unsure what purpose it serves to be written in the book. She also spoke of archeological blunders of the past such as a lack in record keeping or a lack of consistency in the record keeping that was done. When speaking of infant burial, she states “the situation becomes even more unclear when we realize that archaeologists do not use any consistent definitions or terminology” (Szpakowska 34).…

    • 1448 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Most Native American tribes do not want burial remains to be studied or even removed from their location. The archaeologists and other scientists want to study the remains to fill the holes in history. However, the wishes of affiliated tribes should not be ignored. During the early 1980s, “…the scientific importance of excavating and retaining human bones outweighed any concerns of minority groups,” (Pearson, 2008). In fact, some archaeologists did not understand why the tribes were offended and not thankful for the scientific analysis.…

    • 811 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    From things like the skulls of animals to the paw prints and claw marks of bears they were able to discover what creatures had lived in the cave throughout time. A wall of red handprints was found [Image 5] and investigated by scientists. They were able to conclude that the wall had been created by one man approximately six feet tall with a slightly crooked pinkie finger. They also discovered that he had done some other hand printing further back in the cave. This was a huge discovering as it told the scientists a lot about this past human and what he was like.…

    • 803 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Paleoanthropologist are to expect strife from counterparts, geography, and complication in the analysis of remains as a result of publicizing their data of new hominid species. Paleoanthropologist…

    • 1571 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Niaux Cave Research Paper

    • 312 Words
    • 2 Pages

    It’s important to remember that Niaux Cave is one of Europe's most impressive Paleolithic rock art galleries of cave paintings. Niaux Cave has been visited since the 17th century - as shown by the graffiti, dated as early as 1602. But it was not until 1906, when the cave paintings in the main chamber of the cave—Salon Noir—were acknowledged as prehistoric, that the preservation of the cave and the study of the paintings began. Now, through radiocarbon dating of the charcoal, we know the rock art is at least 14,000 years old. 14,000 years!…

    • 312 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Ardipithecus Anthropology

    • 1173 Words
    • 5 Pages

    The idea that early hominids shaded into one another in a straight line of descent requires substantial evidence to corroborate. Based upon what we see elsewhere in the fossil record, and even among living species, it is difficult to believe that there were no biological evolution that resulted in ancestor species and descendant species living together for a period. Because of this there is constant researching going on to get information that provides us with more insight of our ancestors. Ardipithecus fossils were a crucial find to the field of archeology, which created new suggestions concerning features that associated them with modern Homo sapiens and primitive apes. The structure of the Ardipithecus has provided information which separates…

    • 1173 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Decent Essays

    In the dungeons began the first day of potion class. The dungeons were chilly and silent, would have been scary without pickled animals hanging in glass jars all around the walls. Like Professor Flitwick Professor Snape began the class with attendance and stopped at Harry's name mocking Harry as a "new-celebrity." Draco Malfoy and his friends Crabbe and Goyle giggled. He finished the roll call and faced up at the class.…

    • 252 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The oldest footprints in North America have been discovered on Calvert Island in British Columbia, Canada. The amazing archaeological discovery features 12 footprints that indicate at least three separate individuals, possibly living as a family group. Calvert Island's First Family Found in the Oldest Footprints in North America On a small island off the coast of British Columbia, a family of two adults and one child huddled around a fire.…

    • 520 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    DAY ???? Acropolis and Parthenon of Athens by Loren Jurkovic Year 11 (WHEN) 28th of July 447BCE (MAIN EVENT/S) Timeline of Events - 3500-3000BCE: Remains found from the Neolithic period indicate that there was a continuous settlement up the slopes in ancient caves. - 1600 – 1100BCE:…

    • 305 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    What Is Altamira?

    • 460 Words
    • 2 Pages

    The cave of Altamira has the privilege of being the first place in the world where the existence of cave art from the Upper Paleolithic age was identified. Its singularity and quality, its magnificent conservation, and the freshness of its pigments made its recognition to be postponed for a quarter of a century (Led to the postponement of its recognition for a quarter of a century.). At that time, it was a scientific anomaly, a discovery that set up a giant leap and not an incremental step. It was a phenomenon difficult to understand for the society of the nineteenth century, shaken by extreme and rigid scientific postulates. Bison, horses, deer, hands, and mysterious signs were painted or engraved during the millenniums in which the cave of Altamira was inhabited (between 35.000 and 13.000 before the present).…

    • 460 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Skeletons

    • 434 Words
    • 2 Pages

    College Essay Workshop Practice: Object In Room Skeletons are often thought of as frightening, scary, and creepy objects because of their close and obvious association with death. To most, they are things that belong six feet under in a grave, in a doctor's office, or out on a porch as a Halloween decoration. But not for me. Ever since I was seven years old I have proudly displayed a fifty-four inch tall model skeleton in the most prominent location of my room, on top of my dresser.…

    • 434 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Brilliant Essays

    Introduction “All men by nature desire to know” (Aristotle, Metaphysics Book I). Curiosity is an instinct of human beings in that they would wish to be closer to the acquisition of true reality. With the invention of science, human beings at the time have pondered the genesis of species in the world. There are two prevalent, albeit contradicting, beliefs which can be applied to elucidate the origin of life, namely creationism and evolution. In the following, this paper is going to elucidate that evolution via natural selection would be a better theory in explaining the origin of species.…

    • 1734 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Brilliant Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Neanderthal Essay

    • 847 Words
    • 4 Pages

    In human history, we came to find that there are many different species relating to the human species. One of these species is called the Neanderthals or also known as cavemen. Approximately 40,000 years ago the neanderthals lived but, they vanished instantly at a period of time. Not many people know why or how this happened, who really were the neanderthals and finally what they were like. Neanderthals were a species that branched off of our ancestral tree.…

    • 847 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays