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To: T L Comiskey who wrote (21702)	7/9/2003 12:02:54 PM
From: lurqer	Respond to of 89467

wondering if the flower burial smelled ...just as sweet There is a lot of wondering about Shanidar. I came across this Shanidar 4 is the famous "flower burial" Soil in burial has wildflower pollen in it Initially interpreted as evidence for ritual Reanalysis indicates rodents disturbed burial Pollen may have blown from cace mouth Wildflower "burial" is hughly dubious No other Neanderthal burials have this type of evidence From p7 of csbs.csusb.edu Before I posted this, I thought I’d “run it by” my local expert (since I’m a rank amateur – never did understand why amateurs have to smell badly), my anthropological better half. She responded with, “But it’s such a nice story that people want to believe it.” <pause> “Then there’s TeshikTash.” The pause in the above statement was just long enough for my tongue to begin to form a reply, but not long enough for me to utter one. Whenever the better half gives me a “then there’s”, I’ve learned I’d better not proceed, until I thoroughly understand what the then there’s” refers to. So, before I said something foolish like “That’s not a very scientific attitude.”, I bit my tongue at the well worn callus where it’s used to being bitten. Said nothing, and brought up Google. Then, very politely, I asked, “How do you spell Teshik-Tash?” Based on experience, a good reflex on my part. Teshik Tash is a Neaderthal site that demonstrates a burial ritual – not flowers, but a ritual. The Neanderthal child of Teshik Tash in the Soviet Union only 150 miles to the north was encircled by seven pairs of goat horns From afghanan.net While looking up Teshik Tash, my better half reminded me that cultural behavior of Neanderthals changed radically (in fact, you could say, flowered) just before extinction. Many think this occurred because of an interaction with fully modern humans. Hence, any conclusions based on Neanderthal burial practices needs to consider whether these practices began after contact with modern humans. See The fact that Neanderthals only developed the practice of burial later than anatomically modern humans may well be significant. From waspjournals.com lurqer