ANT 268 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Ochre, Mousterian, Gene Flow
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Gene flow- interbreeding ( is the transfer of genetic . The desert today wasn"t deserted back then- found fossils of hippos, catfish, crocodiles. Bury- suppressing olfactory factors (carnivores cannot smell the bodies)- strategy. If it was a ritual then there would have been patterns (but they weren"t alike) Mousterian stone tools- common neanderthals and levant. Levants and early humans- shell beads for personal endorsement (potential cultural connection) Neanderthals might have used face paint to hunt. Prefer inferior geological rocks to superior geological rocks when it comes to red.