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Off Topic Neanderthal in the kitchen
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My ex-wife?
Yes. Just my mind wandering when I was reading another one of the numerous posts about whether a knife was primarily a tool or a weapon.--A sous vide immersion circulator.
Are you talking about knives?
So what does that have to do with Neanderthals? Did they differentiate between tools and weapons?
we got an anthropologist in here somewhere?Probably one and the same to them.So what does that have to do with Neanderthals? Did they differentiate between tools and weapons?
I always preferred Homo Erectus to the Neanderthal. Much more tender, and overall more flavorful. Medium rare, some black pepper, and a little bit of Worcestershire sauce.
Wait, what were we talking about?
You forgot the fava beans and a nice chianti.
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My wife says I'm a grunting, shuffling Neanderthal first thing in the morning. She's right. So the answer is - coffee maker.
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Probably they would only be able to use knives and pounding tools, as they had only stone, bone and wood tools of their own. Unless , someone showed them how to use things like sissors, shears, blenders, toasters, ovens, microwaves ect. , They certainly wouldn't be familiar, as their tools were simple.
"Neanderthal and Middle Paleolithic archaeological sites show a smaller and different toolkit than those found in Upper Paleolithic sites, which were perhaps occupied by modern humans that superseded them. Fossil evidence indicating who may have made the tools found in Early Upper Paleolithic sites is still missing. A survey of 332 archeological sites occupied over a period of 200,000 years under varying climatic conditions using lithic tool data from 190 layers at 103 sites showed that the Neanderthal toolkit changed little, showing technological inertia, a slower rate of variability compared to modern humans whose toolkits show more economic reactivity, variety in response to changing conditions. In addition to the hypothesis that Neanderthals were not very creative despite having larger brains than modern humans, an alternative demographic hypothesis is that there were never very many Neanderthals, perhaps fewer than 10,000, making the probability of innovation low.[21]
"Neanderthals used tools of the Mousterian class, which were often produced using soft hammer percussion, with hammers made of materials like bones, antlers, and wood, rather than hard hammer percussion, using stone hammers. A result of this is that their bone industry was relatively simple. However, there is good evidence that they routinely constructed a variety of stone implements. Neanderthal (Mousterian) tools most often consisted of sophisticated stone-flakes, task-specific hand axes, and spears. Many of these tools were very sharp. There is also good evidence that they used a lot of wood, but wooden objects are unlikely to have survived to the present."
"Neanderthal and Middle Paleolithic archaeological sites show a smaller and different toolkit than those found in Upper Paleolithic sites, which were perhaps occupied by modern humans that superseded them. Fossil evidence indicating who may have made the tools found in Early Upper Paleolithic sites is still missing. A survey of 332 archeological sites occupied over a period of 200,000 years under varying climatic conditions using lithic tool data from 190 layers at 103 sites showed that the Neanderthal toolkit changed little, showing technological inertia, a slower rate of variability compared to modern humans whose toolkits show more economic reactivity, variety in response to changing conditions. In addition to the hypothesis that Neanderthals were not very creative despite having larger brains than modern humans, an alternative demographic hypothesis is that there were never very many Neanderthals, perhaps fewer than 10,000, making the probability of innovation low.[21]
"Neanderthals used tools of the Mousterian class, which were often produced using soft hammer percussion, with hammers made of materials like bones, antlers, and wood, rather than hard hammer percussion, using stone hammers. A result of this is that their bone industry was relatively simple. However, there is good evidence that they routinely constructed a variety of stone implements. Neanderthal (Mousterian) tools most often consisted of sophisticated stone-flakes, task-specific hand axes, and spears. Many of these tools were very sharp. There is also good evidence that they used a lot of wood, but wooden objects are unlikely to have survived to the present."
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Yes, I think they would certainly figure out the knives pretty quickly, though the toaster oven would probably have them scratching their heads for some time. 
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You forgot the fava beans and a nice chianti.
I'll have the roast duck with the mango salsa.
Everyone except pure black Africans is up to 4% Neanderthal.
Left: Mousterian of Acheulean Tradition hand axes, from top to bottom – cordiform hand axe from Le Moustier, France; triangular hand axe from St. Just en Chaussée, France; hand axe from Lynford, UK (Karen Ruebens). Right: Keilmessergruppen Tradition hand axes, from top to bottom – keilmesser from Sesselfesgrotte, Germany; keilmesser from Abri du Musée, France; faustkeilblatt from Königsaue, Germany
Left: Mousterian of Acheulean Tradition hand axes, from top to bottom – cordiform hand axe from Le Moustier, France; triangular hand axe from St. Just en Chaussée, France; hand axe from Lynford, UK (Karen Ruebens). Right: Keilmessergruppen Tradition hand axes, from top to bottom – keilmesser from Sesselfesgrotte, Germany; keilmesser from Abri du Musée, France; faustkeilblatt from Königsaue, Germany