1. Athena 2000
The two upper arm bones (humeri) at right are from a male of about 45 years of age from Shanidar, in Iraq; the left arm is completely withered from an early injury or disease. ... Note the bent-kneed stance suggesting an imperfect or only partly erect posture, the head set forward on the spine much like that of a chimp or gorilla, and the clumsy, extremely hairy bodies. ... The paintings at Lascoux are hundreds of feet underground and remote from living areas of the cave complex. ... The use or uses and the meanings of the paintings and the reasons for their placement underground in such cav...
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