Close encounters

A recent study by Fred Spoor, a
researcher from University College,
London, has given fresh insights
illto the lives of Cro-Magllons alld
Nealldertals. The study hints at trade
alldcultural contacts between some
Neandertals and the Cro-Magnons,
who ultimately replaced them,
Researchers had excavated sophisticated tools and ornaments made
from bones from a site which lies
67.6 km south-east of Auxerre,
France. The ornaments bear a close
resemblance to the jewellery associated with Cro-Magnons and experts
feel that the French Neandertals
may have gQt them through trade
with Cro-Magnons, instead of
learning the art themselves.