why neanderthals built the structures in the caves - 05/30/16 03:10 PM
http://www.nature.com/news/neanderthals-...NEWS_1508_RHBox
Im going to say that they used the structures to store
heat.
and of course to cook food on.
1) the stalagmite would hold heat even after the fire had
gone out.
2) the heat would cause air circulation bringing in fresh air
into the cave even while they slept.
3) they could grow some plants inside the cave that would not grow outside in the cold because of the bitter night time cold outside.
4) they may have even had animals and used the structures
as a fence to keep them away from the plants they were growing.
5) the heat flowing outside would cause the cold moist air
to condense onto the sides of the cave and this would bring in fresh water to the cave dwellers and livestock and plants.
6) the plants would remove co2 from the air as co2 is a low
lying gas.
heres the conditions they were living in.
they were in the middle of a glacial period and it was getting even colder 175,000 years ago.
the inside of the cave would be much warmer than the outside
due to the ground temperature of the earth itself deep inside
the cave.
they probably wont find any human bones within smell distance
of the area because it would get really funky down there if they didnt carry their dead away from their living and dining area.
I would even go as far as to expect that their ancestors
themselves had lived there for 30-40 thousand years and
their children and grandchildren and 1160 future generations
lived there because it would be another 40 thousand years
before the next interglacial warm period happened.
Im going to say that they used the structures to store
heat.
and of course to cook food on.
1) the stalagmite would hold heat even after the fire had
gone out.
2) the heat would cause air circulation bringing in fresh air
into the cave even while they slept.
3) they could grow some plants inside the cave that would not grow outside in the cold because of the bitter night time cold outside.
4) they may have even had animals and used the structures
as a fence to keep them away from the plants they were growing.
5) the heat flowing outside would cause the cold moist air
to condense onto the sides of the cave and this would bring in fresh water to the cave dwellers and livestock and plants.
6) the plants would remove co2 from the air as co2 is a low
lying gas.
heres the conditions they were living in.
they were in the middle of a glacial period and it was getting even colder 175,000 years ago.
the inside of the cave would be much warmer than the outside
due to the ground temperature of the earth itself deep inside
the cave.
they probably wont find any human bones within smell distance
of the area because it would get really funky down there if they didnt carry their dead away from their living and dining area.
I would even go as far as to expect that their ancestors
themselves had lived there for 30-40 thousand years and
their children and grandchildren and 1160 future generations
lived there because it would be another 40 thousand years
before the next interglacial warm period happened.