80.000Y.O: GORGEOUS NEANDERTHAL MICOQUIAN SPEAR HEAD !! Start Price USD 150.00 Current Price USD 342.50 Time Left - Bid Count 9 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Sunday, August 24, 2008 End Time Sunday, August 31, 2008 Location Heidelberg See more about '80.000Y.O: GORGEOUS NEANDERTHAL MICOQUIAN SPEAR HEAD !!' Description EUROPEAN STONE AGE ARTIFACTS BY PALATINA AUTHENTICITY GUARANTEED Description Outstanding Middle Paleolithic ( Paleolithic ) stone artifact of the Homo Neanderthalensis - the Neanderthal ( Neandertal ) men from the Micoquian phase about 60.000 - 100.000 years ago. "Micoquian industries" is the term archaeologists use to describe a specific set of lithic tools found on European sites. These are associated with Neanderthal peoples. The type site is La Micoque, in France. Homo sapiens neanderthalensis is the species name given to a homo specimens that inhabited Europe and the Middle East. In 1856 Johann Karl Fuhlrott, a teacher and amateur naturalist, first recognized the fossil called “Neanderthal man”, discovered in Neanderthal a valley near Mettmann in what is now North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Homo Neanderthalensis is a distinctive form of archaic Homo sapiens, with a long, flat, braincase (capacity 1200–1750 ccm), a retreating frontal, heavy brow ridge, and a projecting face with a large nose. Contrary to early reconstructions, Neanderthals were fully upright, but had stocky, muscular body build. Fossil evidence indicates Neanderthal characters evolved slowly from the Homo Heidelbergensis about 500.000 years ago, but the full set of features only occur after 100.000 years ago as a result of adaptations to a cold climate. There is a particular concentration of finds in W Europe, where Neanderthals disappear ca. 33.000 years ago with the arrival of anatomically modern humans (H. sapiens sapiens); in SW Asia the two subspecies coexisted for c.60 000 years (100 000–40 000 years ago). The material of this artifact is flint. Fantastic shaped spear head (?). The length of this stunning flint tool is 63 mms. Provenance is an old southern German collection. More details will follow the artifacts. I guarantee absolutely for the authenticity of this wonderful Middle European artifact. Any questions? palatina@online.de Please view also my other auctions with relics from the European Prehistory. Powered by eBay Turbo ListerThe free listing tool. List your items fast and easy and manage your active items. Place a Bid!