Neanderthal theory of Indoeuropeans - страница 2

Meanwhile this time scale keeps yet another 2 dates. Both are linked to climate change. 110000 BCE Slavs moved from the North because of the Great Flood. 11000 BCE they recorded the great cold. Indeed, 110000 BP began the last glacial period in East Europe. According to data about the level of the Caspian Sea, 10000 BCE ended the last glaciation. This points at yet another factor which pushed Neandertahls from their homeland Europe. During interglacial periods large areas of the continent became flooded. Accordingly, the population moved towards its mountainous marginal regions. As a result, the distribution strikingly similar to the present was created. In the near past, centres of large empires were located not in the centres of some regions, but at their borders (Britain, Japan, even in Russia Peter I moved the capital from Moscow to St. Petersburg).

It is necessary to take into account that geography of Siberia was different millennia ago. During the last glacial period, Ob and Yenisei rivers which flow at the West and East sides of West Siberia were dammed at the mouth by the glacier. As a result the huge inner sea larger than Caspian Sea existed.

Ice Age lakes of Siberia and Central Asia.

This water reservoir should change local climate and make it more soft and favorite for animals and humans. Large human population could thrive at the south shores of this sea. When the glacier melted, the sea disappeared and turned into bogs, humans could migrate westwards to the region of Baltic Sea with similar conditions.

Mountain Shoria is a nearby region full of mystery. There are talks about Yeti the snow man. There are many caves.

Megaliths of Mountain Shoria.

Also this region is often cited as a megalithic site. Neanderthals often lived in caves. Growing population required more room. There are 2 possible solutions. The first – build artificial dwellings. This lineage resulted in modern stone houses and finally in building cities. A medieval castle is nothing else than an artificial rock with many caves inside. As a confirmation, they were often built on top natural rocks end were their extensions.

Another solution – dig more rooms near the existing. The whole cave cities are well known in Cappadocia and other places.

Kaymakli caves.

Also monks later made their monasteries this way in the soft stones. One such underground city existed under Tutal rocks at the bank of the Tom river in West Siberia. Rumors tell about kilometres of underground tunnels. Many children were lost in these caves so they were blown up in 1964.

When archeology discusses Neanderthals and modern humans, they are considered separately. For example, in the Near East, some sites were occupied by both species sequentially. It is supposed by default that one of them abandoned this place, then the other came to it without contact. Meanwhile, besides genetics, such contacts were directly recorded elsewhere. Chatelperronian culture is transitional from Neanderthal to Cromagnon. This may indicate that they lived together. Also, modern humans from Kostenki, Russia lived in typical Neanderthal dwellings. They were made of large bones covered with skins.

Prehistoric Siberia was intensively studied by academician Okladnikov. There is a chain of large cities along 56 parallel. This is the latitude of Moscow and is considered optimal for dwelling. Not too hot and not too cold. Linguistics points at 2 outstanding ethnic groups.