NEANDERTHAL BONE HACKERS - The Scladina Discovery ~ with GRÉGORY ABRAMS

DR GRÉGORY ABRAMS is an archaeologist and Post-doctoral Researcher at Ghent Archaeological Science Centre, Ghent University, Belgium and his main focus is on the archaeology of Neanderthal sites in Belgium and Northwest Europe. Today we’ll be exploring not only the intriguing fossil bone tools found in the cave sites of those areas but also looking into proteomics – an exciting new technology that goes where DNA testing cannot. 0:00 START 02:23 Greg's background 03:47 Neanderthal cave sites of Northwest Europe 11:49 Tools from Cave Lion bones 20:01 Proteomics 25:34 Changing our view of Neanderthals 30:09 Upcoming projects 37:13 Special Thanks To 37:20 Our artists LINKS FOR GRÉGORY ABRAMS SITE: https://www.archeos-ugent.be/ Ghent University https://www.ugent.be/en Archeos Twitter: https://x.com/ArcheOsUgent RESEARCH Neanderthals disappeared from Europe earlier than thought https://bit.ly/3IOgri5 Earliest evidence of Neanderthal multifunctional bone tool production from cave lion (Panthera spelaea) remains https://go.nature.com/4lQl21L ARTWORK: Tom Björklund: SITE: https://www.tombjorklund.fi/ FACEBOOK:   / tombjorklundart   TWITTER/X:   / tombjorklundart   BLUESKY: https://bsky.app/profile/tombjorklund... INSTA:   / tombjorklundart   Julio Lacerda: TWITTER/X:   / juliotheartist   @JuliotheArtist BLUESKY: https://bsky.app/profile/lacerdajulio... SITE: https://www.deviantart.com/julio-lace... FACEBOOK:   / art.julio.lacerda   INSTA:   / lacerda.julio   Interviews powered by https://streamyard.com/ #evolutionsoup #evolution #paleo #paleontology #paleoartist #Homosapiens #hominid #artwork #Darwin #cave #bone #fossils #Neanderthal #australopithecus #hominin #extinct #animals #science #anthropology #paleoanthropology #genus #species #africa #skull #skulls #naturalselection #lucy #paleontology #scladina #belgium --------------- SUBSCRIBE to Evolution Soup: http://bit.ly/2pUOYSb FOLLOW Evolution Soup Instagram & Twitter! @evolution_soup BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/evolutionsou... Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@evolution_soup SUBSCRIBE to the Podcast! http://evolutionsoup.buzzsprout.com [RSS feed: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/354743.rss] MERCH Shop at Redbubble store! https://www.redbubble.com/people/evol... Fourthwall Store: https://bit.ly/3B2XqUZ MUSIC Music from #InAudio: https://inaudio.org/Battle https://www.purple-planet.com DISCLAIMER: Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. Creative Commons.