Ho ea ka e mong oa bangoli ba patlisiso ea morao-rao ea mahlale, li-Neanderthals li ne li le haufi le mefuta ea rona ea batho ba mehleng ea pele ho nalane ho feta kamoo ho neng ho nahanoa pele, joalo ka ha litšoantšo tsa mahaheng tse fumanoeng Spain li senola hore ba na le takatso ea ho hlahisa bonono.
Ho ea ka phuputso e phatlalalitsoeng koranteng ea Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), pigment e khubelu ea ocher e fumanoeng ho stalagmites ho Cave of Ardales, pela Malaga, ka boroa ho Spain, e entsoe ke Neanderthals lilemong tse 65,000 tse fetileng, e leng se etsang hore mohlomong bataki ba pele Lefatsheng. Batho ba sejoale-joale ba ne ba sa lule Europe ka nako eo litšoantšo tsa mahaheng li neng li etsoa.
Leha ho le joalo, ho sibolloa ho bile le likhang, 'me sengoliloeng sa borutehi se boletse hore "mohlomong mebala ena e ne e le ntho ea tlhaho, ka lebaka la phallo ea oxide ea tšepe," ho latela Francesco d'Errico, mongoli-'moho oa patlisiso ea morao-rao e phatlalalitsoeng koranteng ea PNAS.
Tlhahlobo e ncha e bontšitse hore mebala le sebaka se ne se sa lumellane le lits'ebetso tsa tlhaho; ho fapana, mebala e ne e sebelisoa ka ho fafatsa le ho foka. Ntle le moo, sebopeho sa bona se ne se sa tšoane le mehlala ea tlhaho e bokelletsoeng mahaheng, ho fana ka maikutlo a hore mebala eo e ne e tsoa kae kae.
Ho ea ka d'Errico oa Univesithi ea Bordeaux, sena "se tšehetsa khopolo ea hore Ma-Neanderthal a ile a etela makhetlo a mangata, a nkile lilemo tse likete tse 'maloa, ho penta lehaha ka mebala."
Ho ea ka Joao Zilhao, mongoli e mong oa phuputso, mekhoa ea ho laetsana e senotse hore batho ba Neanderthals ba tšoela mahlo holim'a li-stalagmites, mohlomong e le karolo ea mokete.
Ho ke ke ha khoneha ho bapisa "bonono" ba Neanderthal le litšoantšo tsa mehleng ea khale tsa batho tse pentiloeng leboteng, joalo ka tse fumanoeng lehaheng la Chauvet-Pont d'Arc la Fora, tse fetang lilemo tse 30,000.
Liphetho tsa morao-rao li eketsa bopaki bo ntseng bo hola ba hore Ma-Neanderthals, bao lesika la bona le ileng la timela lilemong tse 40,000 tse fetileng, e ne e se bo-motsoala ba Homo sapiens bao e neng e le khale ba bontšoa.
“Bohlokoa ke hore e bopa pono ea rona ea bo-Neanderthal. Ba ne ba tšoana le batho. Boithuto ba morao-rao bo senotse hore ba ne ba nka lintho tsa bohlokoa, li kopane le batho, hape ba khabisitse mahaha joalo ka rona "Zilhao o boletse.
Ho ea ka sehlopha sa mofuputsi, mebala eo ha se "bonono" ka moetlo, empa ke "litlamorao tsa boits'oaro ba pono tse ikemiselitseng ho boloka bohlokoa ba sebaka se itseng."
Mehaho ea mahaheng "e phethile karolo ea bohlokoa ho litsamaiso tsa tšoantšetso tsa lihlopha tse ling tsa Neanderthal," leha moelelo oa lipontšo tseo o ntse o sa tsejoe.
