UPedro Cantalejo, inhloko yomhume wase-Ardales Andalusian, ubheka imidwebo yomhume waseNeanderthal emhumeni.Isithombe: (AFP)
Lokhu kutholakala kuyashaqisa ngoba abantu bacabanga ukuthi amaNeanderthal awakudala futhi anonya, kodwa ukudweba imigede eminyakeni engaphezu kuka-60,000 edlule kwakuyisenzo esimangalisayo kubo.
Ososayensi bathola ukuthi lapho abantu banamuhla bengahlali ezwenikazi laseYurophu, amaNeanderthal ayedweba ama-stalagmite eYurophu.
Lokhu kutholakala kuyashaqisa ngoba ama-Neanderthal abhekwa njengento elula futhi enonya, kodwa ukudweba imigede eminyakeni engaphezu kuka-60,000 edlule kwakuyisenzo esimangalisayo kubo.
Imidwebo emigedeni etholakala emihumeni emithathu eSpain yadalwa phakathi kweminyaka eyi-43,000 nengama-65,000 edlule, eminyakeni eyi-20,000 ngaphambi kokuba abantu banamuhla bafike eYurophu.Lokhu kuqinisekisa ukuthi ubuciko basungulwa amaNeanderthals cishe eminyakeni engu-65,000 edlule.
Nokho, ngokukaFrancesco d’Errico, umlobi ongumhlanganyeli wephepha elisha kumagazini i-PNAS, lokhu kutholakala kuyimpikiswano, “isihloko sesayensi sithi lezi zombala zingase zibe into engokwemvelo” futhi ziwumphumela wokugeleza kwe-iron oxide..
Ukuhlaziywa okusha kubonisa ukuthi ukubunjwa kanye nesimo sikapende akuhambisani nezinqubo zemvelo.Kunalokho, upende usetshenziswa ngokufafaza nokufutha.
Okubaluleke nakakhulu, ukuthungwa kwawo akufani namasampula emvelo athathwe emhumeni, okubonisa ukuthi i-pigment ivela emthonjeni wangaphandle.
Ukuqomisana okunemininingwane eminingi kubonisa ukuthi lezi mibala zazisetshenziswa ezindaweni ezihlukene ngesikhathi, ngokuhlukana kweminyaka engaphezu kuka-10,000.
Ngokuka-d'Errico wase-University of Bordeaux, lokhu “kusekela umbono wokuthi amaNeanderthal aye eza lapha izikhathi eziningi phakathi nezinkulungwane zeminyaka ezophawula imigede ngopende.”
Kunzima ukuqhathanisa “ubuciko” bamaNeanderthal namafresco enziwe abantu banamuhla bangaphambi komlando.Isibonelo, ama-frescoes atholakala emigedeni yase-Chauvie-Pondac eFrance aneminyaka engaphezu kuka-30,000 ubudala.
Kodwa lokhu okutholakele okusha kwengeza ubufakazi obengeziwe bokuthi uhlu lozalo lwamaNeanderthal lwashabalala eminyakeni engaba ngu-40,000 edlule, nokuthi babengezona izihlobo ezingcolile zamaHomo sapiens osekuyisikhathi eside zivezwa njengeHomo sapiens.
Iqembu labhala ukuthi lawa kapende akuwona “ubuciko” ngomqondo omncane, “kodwa awumphumela wezenzo eziyingcaca ezihloselwe ukuqhubekisela phambili incazelo engokomfanekiso yendawo.”
Isakhiwo somhume "sadlala indima ebalulekile ohlelweni lwezimpawu zeminye imiphakathi yamaNeanderthal", nakuba incazelo yalezi zimpawu iseyimfihlakalo.