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Iron Spike@ironspike.bsky.social |
ICYMI: The face of a Neanderthal woman excavated from Shanidar Cave in Iraqi Kurdistan in 2018 has been reconstructed, and I kind of love it. Another Kennis Twins reconstruction, because they just cannot stop being the best in the game.
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sasha e head
@sievish.bsky.social
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I love that she is smiling. What a wonderful creative choice
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Gwen C. Katz
@gwenckatz.bsky.social
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I want her to tell me a story
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Chuck Groenink
@cgroenink.bsky.social
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There’s a new documentary on Netflix about Neanderthals and specifically Shanidar cave. They even interview the Kennis brothers.
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Joe Gordon
@joegordon.bsky.social
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To save people like me a google search, or to start one: they lived between 130,000 and 40,000 years ago, and the name means Humans from the Neander Valley. The spelling Neandertal with no H reflects modern German, and is preferred by some but is not dominant.
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Tackman Babcock
@tackmanbabcock.bsky.social
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Makes you wonder which era the first comb was used
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6eyes8
@8eyes6.bsky.social
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Beautiful and such valuable work demonstrating our commonalities with those who have gone before.
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Catherine Winters
@catherineomega.bsky.social
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I love their work. Her expression reminds me of my grandma.
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Sarah
@sosomanysarahs.bsky.social
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I really appreciate art that makes it clear that these people were just people, not so very different from us.
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Carolinaskies
@carolinaskies.bsky.social
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Unpopular observation... Neadertal is just a branch of the homo sapien line.
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Apolar
@apolar.blubbery.org
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The poses and expressions they choose are very humanizing. I really like it.
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Iron Spike
@ironspike.bsky.social
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Really drives home how much like us they were. If you saw Shanidar Z here on the subway or in Publix, you probably wouldn't look twice.
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Killackey Illustration
@kjkillackey.bsky.social
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Love how individual they make each one with skin texture, scars, small deviations from ideal proportions…
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Virginia S. O'Possum
@virginiaopossum.bsky.social
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I want her to talk to me.
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@chelmsford.bsky.social
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Damn - that is great. Just surprised that she looks a lot like Kristi Noem….
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Necire Jaska
@chuffaholic.bsky.social
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I just....I honestly see her and think of her as the kind "mother" of her entire tribe. The one you could go to and she would first come up and hug you tightly before you discussed with her the day's events and your troubles.
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Nice Footpaws
@ionotter.bsky.social
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Not only that, but the archeological record is showing more and more of their social structure and networks. They were complex, peaceful people, with a deep culture. And perhaps most importantly of all, they weren't killed off. It's looking more like they were absorbed into the Homo sapiens line.
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🔺️Slam Campbell🔺️
@slamcampbell.bsky.social
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I love that they put in the effort to make them human and happy and smiling as opposed to a neutral expression. This also looks like the kindest woman you'd never want to cross. She gets shit done.
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Pam Jarvis
@drpam.bsky.social
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She looks wise and kind, doesn’t she? I’d so love to meet a Neanderthal person and be able to talk to them.
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The chicken lady
@chickenlady.bsky.social
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That's the region that had the biggest city later in the day. We need to teach about the Yamnaya, Botai, Mittani cultures in schools as our common ancestors. They were cute 😁
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It's boops, boops boops.
@cuddlyonmain.bsky.social
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Such a gentle face. I love their work, they bring a depth and feeling to it.
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@kladdagh.bsky.social
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Is it weird that I think she's lovely & I'd like to make friends? Neanderthals had language & communities, so you could gradually acclimate to their society. They farmed & fished, so you'd eat well.
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Mara Wilson
@marawilson.bsky.social
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She looks so kind. Like she’s about to offer me some tea.
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Qale
@iamqale.bsky.social
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I like that she looks like she’s about to say, “Well, what did you think was gonna happen when you did that?” And I’d have to bow my head and be like, “Yeah, you were right.”
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Alyssa Read 🐀🏳️🌈🐀
@missalyssaread.bsky.social
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She looks like that friend's Mom who would bring you all Kool-aid on a hot day when you'd been playing, I love her!
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Alison Smaalders
@vividwings.bsky.social
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The expression! I love those this reconstructions look like candid snapshots rather than posed photography, if that makes sense as an analogy.
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Eric
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it's so wild to see just how similar we are in features
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@slowestdude.bsky.social
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I don't know what it is, she looks 40ish, but she also has that grandma look, you know? The gentle wisdom in her eyes and the love of her smile maybe?
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pipetcreature
@pipetcreature.bsky.social
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my dad has a pet theory that cyclops (literal translation "round eye") are oral histories of neanderthal remnants encountered by the early mediterranean sapiens
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Kari Dru
@karidru.bsky.social
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I want to have her over for tea. She looks so kind.
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hezekiah 🏴☠️🏳️⚧️✡️Ⓐ🍉
@spiritomb.bsky.social
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my brain: why does she have to be smiling? we shouldn't assume that smiling was a thing for neanderthals bc modern humans have all different customs and norms regarding facial expressions. my heart: she is grandma ❤️❤️❤️
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Ethan “Fink-Nottle” Kocak
@blackmudpuppy.bsky.social
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I just watched the Netflix show with this and I wish we got more of just the brothers
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Helen Lawson she/they
@helenlawson2007.bsky.social
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As much as I love computer scanning & modelling and what it can do in terms of reconstructing someone from just a skull, I don't think we should ever loose the skill/art the Kennis Twins keep showing us.
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V i v 💫
@vimeddiee.bsky.social
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What a wonderful, gentle face 😭 It really speaks to the master craftsmanship of the Kennis twins that they're able to invite a feeling of kinship for long-dead humans/hominids
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