Many Neanderthal sites have rare pieces of high-quality stone from more distant sources (more than 100 kilometres), but not enough to indicate trade or even regular contact with other communities. A more likely scenario is that an adolescent boy or girl carried the material with them when they attached themselves to a new community. The small size of Neanderthal territories would have made some form of "marrying out" essential.From this article.
We can also assume that Neanderthals had some form of marriage because pair-bonding between men and women, and joint provisioning for their offspring, had been a feature of hominin social life for over a million years.
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Thursday, January 19, 2012
Into the mind of a Neanderthal
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On Lawn
Its just a quick little blurb, but think for a moment. What would you look for that would indicate marriage in a society long since gone, and with no historical record?
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