Discoveries communicated through body art
Francesco D'Erriko, French archaeologist from the University of Bordeaux discovered that the cave used a "cosmetic", reports New Scientist. During excavations scientist found processed dye pieces that resemble pencils, throughout Europe, where these ancient people lived.
According D'Erriko, pipi, had pale skin and dark pigment used the colorization for face and body - in a way they disguised by animals. And as body art - a form of communication, suggests that Neanderthal ably speak.
In a joint expedition with Marie Soressi of the Max Planck Institute Francesco D'Erriko treated wreckage found hundreds of black manganese in two areas of France, where they lived cave. Similar "pencils" archeologists found in 39 other Neanderthal habitats.
D'Erriko sure that the ancient dye used not only to camouflage paint of the body, but also for the skin causing any figures. Flat, long form "pencils" shows that the cave drawing straight black lines that make up the abstract patterns. Using these figures-strip characters ancient people probably passed each other with information, so Neanderthal "body art" is the language of communication.
Disputes that can say whether the cave, scientists long way. But, as noted by Philip Lieberman of American Brown University, and if the cave had verbal ability, it does not mean that they were talking like modern people.