Pedro Cantalejo, mukuru webako reArdales Andalusian, anotarisa mifananidzo yebako reNeanderthal iri mubako. Mufananidzo: (AFP)
Kuwanikwa uku kunoshamisa nekuti vanhu vanofunga kuti maNeanderthal vanhu vekare uye vane hutsinye, asi kudhirowa mapako makore anopfuura 60,000 apfuura kwaive chinhu chinoshamisa kwavari.
Masayendisiti akawana kuti apo vanhu vemazuva ano vaisagara mukondinendi yeEurope, maNeanderthal aikwezva stalagmites muEurope.
Kuwanikwa uku kunoshamisa nekuti maNeanderthal anoonekwa seari nyore uye ane hukasha, asi kudhirowa mapako makore anopfuura 60,000 apfuura kwaive chinhu chinoshamisa kwavari.
Mifananidzo yemapako yakawanikwa mumapako matatu muSpain yakagadzirwa pakati pemakore 43,000 ne65,000 apfuura, makore 20,000 vanhu vemazuva ano vasati vasvika muEurope. Izvi zvinosimbisa kuti hunyanzvi hwakatangwa nemaNeanderthals makore angangoita 65,000 apfuura.
Zvisinei, maererano naFrancesco d'Errico, munyori pamwe chete wepepa idzva mumagazini yePNAS, kuwanikwa uku kune gakava, "chinyorwa chesainzi chinoti mavara aya anogona kunge ari chinhu chechisikigo" uye imhaka yekuyerera kwesimbi oxide.
Ongororo itsva inoratidza kuti maumbirwo uye nzvimbo yependi hazvienderane nemaitiro echisikigo. Pane kudaro, pendi inoiswa nekupfapfaidza nekufuridza.
Chinonyanya kukosha ndechekuti magadzirirwo azvo haaenderane nemuenzaniso wechisikigo wakatorwa mubako, izvo zvinoratidza kuti ruvara rwacho runobva kune imwe nzvimbo.
Kuverenga nguva kwakadzama kunoratidza kuti mavara aya aishandiswa panguva dzakasiyana, makore anopfuura zviuru gumi akasiyana.
Sekureva kwaD'Errico weYunivhesiti yeBordeaux, izvi "zvinotsigira pfungwa yekuti maNeanderthal akauya pano kakawanda kwezviuru zvemakore kuzopenda mapako aya nependi."
Zvakaoma kuenzanisa "unyanzvi" hwemaNeanderthal nemifananidzo yakagadzirwa nevanhu vekare vekare. Semuenzaniso, mifananidzo inowanikwa mumapako eChauvie-Pondac muFrance ine makore anopfuura 30,000 ekuberekwa.
Asi kuwanikwa kutsva uku kunowedzera humbowo hwakawanda hwekuti dzinza reNeanderthal rakanyangarika makore angangoita zviuru makumi mana apfuura, uye kuti vakanga vasiri hama dzisina kunaka dzeHomo sapiens dzagara dzichiratidzwa seHomo sapiens.
Chikwata chakanyora kuti pendi idzi hadzisi "unyanzvi" mupfungwa yakamanikana, "asi mhedzisiro yezviito zvemifananidzo zvakanangana nekuenderera mberi kwechirevo chekufananidzira chenzvimbo."
Chimiro chebako "chakaita basa rakakosha muhurongwa hwezviratidzo zvemamwe matunhu eNeanderthal", kunyangwe zvinoreva zviratidzo izvi zvichiri chakavanzika.