Apr 19, 2011

Images: Neanderthals - Proof that the artist's perception influences his or her art

I mentioned in the earliest evidence of ritual and myth part 1 how Neanderthals seem to be seen differently by each artist based on their preconceptions. This post gathers together more evidence to support that theory.

Here is an updated collection of images from the minds of various people;












This one isn't a piece of art, it's evidence from a DNA test which is mind blowing:

Some Neandertals may have had red hair and pale skin, just as some modern humans do, according to a new genetic study.

The traits were likely more common in European Neandertals (often spelled Neanderthals), just as they are often seen in modern humans of European descent.


[Edit - 19 April '11: The woman in this video (Jenna Lee) fits the above description for neanderthals, so I thought I would add her as a possible example of a neanderthal woman - keeping in mind that the genetics from those times have been diluted quite a bit. ]

The Real Slim Shady By Eminem UNCENSORED

The earliest evidence of ritual and myth part 2

OK. I posted the video about Neanderthal Burial Caves here, which was 17 days ago. So if any historians/archeologists have read it then they have had enough time to either put the pieces together or to block out the thought from their heads... in a desperate (though probably unconscious) attempt to save their non-existent careers.

I guess the most obvious (and also the stupidest) defense an archeologist could come up with has to do with the shape of the skulls (I say 'archeologist' but they tend to roam in packs, like boy/girl groups).

For some reason many scientists/academics are so locked up in their heads that they can’t see what is right in front of them. So, apparently, I have been sent here to show you what they are unable to see for themselves. [Note: There are some archeologists who are not educated fools... they tend to be shunned by the mainstream academics... can anyone say ‘hall of shame’?]

Before I begin with the earliest evidence of ritual and myth part 2 I thought I should first take care of the obvious.

The following is a comparison between ‘human’ (i.e. ‘Homo sapian sapiens) and Neanderthal (Homo neanderthalis) skulls


This is a picture of Dwayne Johnson, also known as The Rock


This is a picture of Jackie Chan


Compare the skull size of Dwayen Johnson and Jackie Chan... and ask yourself...are they different sizes? The answer should be fairly obvious (I hope).

If we are to believe the nonsense that is coming out of the mouths of modern academics about Neanderthals (and with it early human history) then we would have to name Dwayne Johnson’s species Homo Rockathalis and Jackie Chan’s species Homo Chanathalis. Since the one with the bigger skull is the supposed to be the dumb one that means that Rockathalis is a dumb species (Note to The Rock: This is what the academics are saying not me). While Chanathalis is the smart one that has learned how to speak and cook.

Decide for yourselves if you want to believe all the papers and papers of theories based on tiny differences in the shape of the rare skulls we find in our archeological record.

Moving on. Here is the video again:



Images in the video in order:

Skeleton in a position of rest (i.e. burial with stuff to take to the afterlife)

A Boomerang!


"We do not know what the hunting methods of these Neanderthalis can have been. There was a great disparity between the size of their weapons and the animals that were their prey. The bow and arrow had not yet been invented, but the boomerang, or throwing stick, apparently had." Primitive Mythology by Joseph Campbell page 371

A carved figurine!

Bone based jewelry


Here is a picture of shell based jewelry:


Hand axe ‘blade’

From Primitive Mythology Page 66

"the idea of the earth as mother and of burial as a re-entry into the womb for rebirth appears to have recommended itself to at least some of the communities of mankind at an extremely early date. The earliest unmistakable evidences of ritual and therewith of mythological thought yet found have been the grave burials of Homo neanderthalensis, a remote predecessor of our species, whose period is perhaps to be dated as early as 200,000 – 75000 B.C. Neanderthal skeletons have been found interred with supplies (suggesting the idea of another life), accompanied by animal sacrifice (wild ox, bison, and wild goat), with attention to an east-west axis (the path of the sun, which is reborn from the same earth in which the dead are placed), in flexed position (as though within the womb), or in a sleeping posture – in one case with pillow of chips of flint. Sleep and death, awakening and resurrection, the grave as a return to the mother for rebirth; but whether Homo neanderthalensis thought the next awakening would be here again or in some world to come (or even both together) we do not know."


Note on cannibalism:

"Neanderthal Man may have practiced some form of ritual cannibalism in connection with an early version of the headhunt; and if so, ... this grim cult might reasonably be proposed as the earliest religious rite of the human species." Primitive Mythology by Joseph Campbell page 394

From National Geographic:

"Struggling for survival, Neanderthals turned to cannibalism—even brain-eating—some 43,000 years ago, says a new study of mutilated bones discovered in a Spanish cave. ... The new research supports previous studies that have suggested that Neanderthals turned to cannibalism to stave off starvation when times got tough."

I think the idea that Neanderthals may have engaged in cannibalism out of desperation rather than as a regular part of their culture makes sense. In cannibalism was normal then we would find thousands of skulls not occasional ones.

Also there is this little piece of evidence that suggests they were eating grains (i.e. they could cook and so had access to a greater variety of food than just what they could get with their wooden clubs):


Hunter, gatherer, vegetarian masterchef?

Neanderthals cooked and ate plants and vegetables, a new study of Neanderthal remains reveals.

Researchers in the US have found grains of cooked plant material in the teeth of the remains.

The study is the first to confirm that the Neanderthal diet was not confined to meat and was more sophisticated than previously thought.

The research has been published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Images: Could Ancient Swastikas Have Actually Been Boomerangs?

The diffusion of swastikas across the planet is an old story...

This one is from Oklahoma...


Engraved design on conch drinking cup from Craig Mound, Spiro with four Piasa figures (part snake, cat, and bird) arranged in swastika around a central circle and cross.

This one is from India...


This one is from Hitler..


This is what Aborigine boomerangs look like...


[Note: Also notice the boomerang next to the child in the Neanderthal Burial Cave video]

Finally, check out these modern sports boomerangs...

Example 1


Example 2




Questions to ask yourself:

Could the boomerang have been an old weapon that came in many forms including that of a swastika? Could bows and arrows have made this an obsolete weapon?

Apr 17, 2011

Had to add this to my Dr. Dre collection...

The following video is one of Dr. Dre's newer songs.



[Edit: 18th April '11]

Lyrics from here with some corrections.

Roll up, wait a minute
Let me put some kush up in it
Roll up, wait a minute
Let me put some kush up in it
Roll up, wait a minute
Let me put some kush up in it
Roll up, wait a minute
Let me put some kush up in it


[Dr. Dre]

Now this that puff puff pass shit
That Cheech and Chong glass shit
Blunts to the head, kush spillin’ no mattress
Speed boat traffic, bitches automatic
Cross that line, fuck around and get yo ass kicked
We roll shit that burn slow as fucking malasis
Probably won’t pass it, smoke it till the last hit
Down to the ashes, Mary J. a bad bitch
Andre 3001 another classic
Go ahead ask him bitches, bout “how I be smokin’ out”
Party all night, yea its goin’ down
Order rounds, we smokin’ quarter pounds of that good stuff
O yea we smokin’ all night
Yea puff puff pass that shit right here
Nigga, better than my last batch, caramel complexion and her ass black
Inhale, exhale, inhale, exhale,


[Akon]

I know you tryna get high
Type of shit that have ya leaning sideways
Make her work for this suicide
Holla at me cuz I got it all day
No need to fly to Jamaica
Quarter ganja, we can get the same thing
You want that bom bom biggy, holla at my niggi right here in LA
Inhale, exhale, inhale, exhale

Hold up, wait a minute
Let me put some beats! up in it
Hold up, wait a minute
Let me put some beats up in it


[Snoop Dogg]

Still I am
Tighter than the pants on Will.I.Am
Backthrow, back still, I have a pound in my backpack
Next to where the swishas at, smokin’ presidential
Got some bubba, I give me that
Need it for my cataracts
Four hoes, and I’m the pimp, in my Cadillac
You can tell them Cali back
Matter fact, they a know, this aint Dro
Get a whiff of that
No it aint no seeds in my sack
You aint never gottta ask dawg
What he smokin’ on?
Shit kush till my mind gone
What you think Im on
Eyes low, Im blown
High as a muthafucka, aint no question bout it
Niggas say smoke me out, yea I really doubt it
c' Im Bob Marley reincarnated, so faded
So If you want it
You know yo nigga homie,
You can put it in a zag or a blunt and get blunted

Inhale, exhale, inhale, exhale


[Akon]

I know you tryna get high
Type of shit that have ya leaning sideways
Make her work for this suicide
Holla at me cuz I got it all day
No need to fly to Jamaica
Quarter ganja, we can get the same thing
You want that bom bom biggy, holla at my niggi right here in LA
Inhale, exhale, inhale, exhale

We get that kush, we blow on the best smoke
Inhale slow, no choke
Make yo ass choke
Hold up wait a minute
You can go put it back
Cuz what you got in yo sack boy, it aint that
Aint that Kush, we blow on the best smoke
Inhale slow, no choke
Make yo ass choke

(inhale, exhale, inhale, exhale)

Apr 14, 2011

Never Say Never - by Justin Bieber and Jaden Smith

Like many kids growing up I was a big fan of the movie Karate Kid. So, of course, when the remake came out I watched it as soon as it came on on video. And it is better than the originals. Possibly because it is more suited to our time, or our evolving tastes in movies (this doesn't apply to those who hated the movie...there must be some who do). Anyways, My first post on music by a favorite musician was here. This is my second.

Apr 4, 2011

History: More evidence for hunting with wooden spears in ancient times

In an earlier post I wrote about the idea that wooden objects probably came before objects made out of bone and stone. Wood is easier to work with than stone so it makes sense that wood would be mankind's first work material. To really drive this home I pointed out that if we can find primitive cultures today that still used wood as their main work material for living then that would make a useful model for how primitive cultures and societies in the past must have operated (got this idea for comparison from Campbell).

Here is a long spear or 'dart' like object that was found in melting ice (and thus got bent);



Then, once again, consider the 400,000 year old spears found in Germany:

Little is known about the organic component of Lower and Middle Palaeolithic technologies, particular with respect to wooden tools. Here I describe some wooden throwing spears about 400,000 years old that were discovered in 1995 at the Pleistocene site at Schöningen, Germany. They are thought to be the oldest complete hunting weapons so far discovered to have been used by humans. Found in association with stone tools and the butchered remains of more than ten horses, the spears strongly suggest that systematic hunting, involving foresight, planning and the use of appropriate technology, was part of the behavioural repertoire of pre-modern hominids. The use of sophisticated spears as early as the Middle Pleistocene may mean that many current theories on early human behaviour and culture must be revised.


After going over the evidence above (including the stuff I wrote about earlier), then watch this video with one simple question...how hard would it have been to hunt with wooden spears in our deep deep past?

Apr 1, 2011

Yet another blog! Short posts on culture and society from mainstream media

There is so much going on that I decided to set up another blog just so people can keep up with the amazing world of scholarship and research. So I have created a new blog on which I will be posting video clips from mainstream media that are part of the world wide discussion on culture and society.

To bulk up this short post I thought I would add a video from Jimmy Fallon of an interview with James Marsden who was born in the same state as me!