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09 Jan 2010, 3:54 pm

Scientists have found shells that they believe were used as make up pots by Neandertals.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8448660.stm


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09 Jan 2010, 5:29 pm

Wow, this is really interesting.



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09 Jan 2010, 7:51 pm

That's pretty cool. And I hear the Neanderthal genome is supposed to be published this year. :)



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09 Jan 2010, 8:06 pm

I read about that, interesting finding!


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09 Jan 2010, 8:26 pm

Help! Computerlove! I think Scientist is following me around web site to web site! (just teasing Scientist)

Or maybe I follow her around? Hmm..


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09 Jan 2010, 9:44 pm

:D


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10 Jan 2010, 9:40 am

where is the actual evidence they were used as face paint?

A far as I tell there are shells with traces of pigment on them. Talk of modern concept such as "foundation" make no sense.



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10 Jan 2010, 12:18 pm

secondly why does face paint have to be symbolic? that is one of many possible reason for doing it.



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10 Jan 2010, 7:17 pm

I agree with 0_equals_true that there might have been other reasons for the 'make-up'.

Here's a somewhat related article about the eye make-up used by ancient Egyptians:
bbc news/health - Cleopatra's eye make-up 'had health benefits'


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11 Jan 2010, 1:32 am

Other uses seems plausible and fairly likely. They probably painted other things before themselves.

Were there not bones discovered years ago with ocre on them? The suggestion was that they painted their dead? Flowers were scattered on them too.


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11 Jan 2010, 2:33 am

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wow they really looked hot with a little makeup



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11 Jan 2010, 3:41 am

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wow they really looked hot with a little makeup


No its the pig tails that make it sexy.

I have seen that photo a hundred times over the years and it still horrifies me. Do you think that modern medicine could help poor computerlove?


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11 Jan 2010, 1:19 pm

So they found Neanderthals in Africa too? Interesting.

btw, anyone knows why they are so sure those are body paints? It seems like they could be used to paint anything.



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12 Jan 2010, 1:54 am

CloudWalker wrote:
btw, anyone knows why they are so sure those are body paints? It seems like they could be used to paint anything.


And likely were.


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12 Jan 2010, 3:12 am

Fuzzy wrote:
Help! Computerlove! I think Scientist is following me around web site to web site! (just teasing Scientist)

Or maybe I follow her around? Hmm..

don't lie, stalker!


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12 Jan 2010, 3:15 am

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