neanderthal

Pause for a moment if you will dear reader to consider the modern connotations of the words "cave-man" or "Neanderthal". Think about the images those words conjure up in the recesses of your vivid imagination. Big wooden clubs perhaps, maybe a wild haired animal skin clan monosyllabic brute or a combination of the two?

If the latest Palaeolithic finds are proved to be correct then be prepared for a reality shift. The Archaeological world is in a state of confusion over the revelation that Neanderthal man was potentially more metrosexual than Davids Beckham and Ginola combined.

Make-up, jewellery, hair straighteners, a variety of combs and brushes, and early examples of designer clothes have all been found at an ancient site in Spain. History may well have to be rewritten to accommodate this mincing, well groomed past.



The process of reassessing cave paintings has already begun. What were once believed to depict hunting scenes may actually have been a permanent record of dance competitions, beauty pageants or travelling drag artistes. The revelations have sent Shockwaves through the scientific community.