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A Spanish study suggests climate changes might have caused the extinction of the Neanderthals on the Iberian Peninsula.

The University of Granada study of Gorhams cave on Gibraltar shows the Neanderthal extinction could have been determined by environmental and climate changes, and not by competitiveness with modern humans.

Professor Miguel Ortega Huertas, who led the research, said the findings of the multi-disciplinary research are an important contribution to the understanding of the Neanderthal extinction and the colonization of the European continent by Homo sapiens.

The study — based on climate reconstructions — suggests Neanderthal populations suffered fluctuations related to climate changes before the first Homo sapiens arrived on the Iberian Peninsula. The study found Neanderthals, 24,000 years ago, had to face the worst weather conditions of the last 250,000 years.

Huertas said the most important finding is that the data differ from the current scientific paradigm that makes Homo sapiens responsible for the Neanderthal extinction.

The research that included Francisco Jose Jimenez Espejo, Francisca Martínez Ruiz and David Gallego Torres, along with scientists from the Gibraltar Museum, Stanford University and the Japan Marine Science & Technology Center, recently appeared in the Quaternary Science Reviews journal.

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A Spanish study suggests climate changes might have caused the extinction of the Neanderthals on the Iberian Peninsula.

The University of Granada study of Gorhams cave on Gibraltar shows the Neanderthal extinction could have been determined by environmental and climate changes, and not by competitiveness with modern humans.

Professor Miguel Ortega Huertas, who led the research, said the findings of the multi-disciplinary research are an important contribution to the understanding of the Neanderthal extinction and the colonization of the European continent by Homo sapiens.

The study — based on climate reconstructions — suggests Neanderthal populations suffered fluctuations related to climate changes before the first Homo sapiens arrived on the Iberian Peninsula. The study found Neanderthals, 24,000 years ago, had to face the worst weather conditions of the last 250,000 years.

Huertas said the most important finding is that the data differ from the current scientific paradigm that makes Homo sapiens responsible for the Neanderthal extinction.

The research that included Francisco Jose Jimenez Espejo, Francisca Martínez Ruiz and David Gallego Torres, along with scientists from the Gibraltar Museum, Stanford University and the Japan Marine Science & Technology Center, recently appeared in the Quaternary Science Reviews journal.

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Neanderthal extinction hypothesis offered

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– Neanderthal Extinction Hypothesis Offered.
A Spanish study suggests climate changes might have caused the extinction of the Neanderthals on the Iberian Peninsula.

The University of Granada study of Gorhams cave on Gibraltar shows the Neanderthal extinction could have been determined by environmental and climate changes, and not by competitiveness with modern humans.

Professor Miguel Ortega Huertas, who led the research, said the findings of the multi-disciplinary research are an important contribution to the understanding of the Neanderthal extinction and the colonization of the European continent by Homo sapiens.

The study — based on climate reconstructions — suggests Neanderthal populations suffered fluctuations related to climate changes before the first Homo sapiens arrived on the Iberian Peninsula. The study found Neanderthals, 24,000 years ago, had to face the worst weather conditions of the last 250,000 years.

Huertas said the most important finding is that the data differ from the current scientific paradigm that makes Homo sapiens responsible for the Neanderthal extinction.

The research that included Francisco Jose Jimenez Espejo, Francisca Martínez Ruiz and David Gallego Torres, along with scientists from the Gibraltar Museum, Stanford University and the Japan Marine Science & Technology Center, recently appeared in the Quaternary Science Reviews journal.

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GRANADA, Spain, May 1 (UPI) — A Spanish study suggests climate changes might have caused the extinction of the Neanderthals on the Iberian Peninsula.

The University of Granada study of Gorham's cave on Gibraltar shows the Neanderthal extinction could have been determined by environmental and climate changes, and not by competitiveness with modern humans.

Professor Miguel Ortega Huertas, who led the research, said the findings of the multi-disciplinary research are an important contribution to the understanding of the Neanderthal extinction and the colonization of the European continent by Homo sapiens.

The study — based on climate reconstructions — suggests Neanderthal populations suffered fluctuations related to climate changes before the first Homo sapiens arrived on the Iberian Peninsula. The study found Neanderthals, 24,000 years ago, had to face the worst weather conditions of the last 250,000 years.

Huertas said the most important finding is that the data differ from the current scientific paradigm that makes Homo sapiens responsible for the Neanderthal extinction.

The research that included Francisco Jose Jimenez Espejo, Francisca Martínez Ruiz and David Gallego Torres, along with scientists from the Gibraltar Museum, Stanford University and the Japan Marine Science & Technology Center, recently appeared in the Quaternary Science Reviews journal.

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Neanderthal Extinction Hypothesis Offered

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– Neanderthal Extinction Hypothesis Offered.

A Spanish study suggests climate changes might have caused the extinction of the Neanderthals on the Iberian Peninsula.

The University of Granada study of Gorhams cave on Gibraltar shows the Neanderthal extinction could have been determined by environmental and climate changes, and not by competitiveness with modern humans.

Professor Miguel Ortega Huertas, who led the research, said the findings of the multi-disciplinary research are an important contribution to the understanding of the Neanderthal extinction and the colonization of the European continent by Homo sapiens.

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Cuando el dinero de las becas no llega a tiempo

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Faltan poco más de dos meses para que finalice el curso y aún hay muchos estudiantes que esperan el ingreso de una beca que les fue concedida hace meses. El Ideal Digital ha publicado un artículo sobre la tardanza en el ingreso de las becas. Pone el ejemplo de una alumna de la Universidad de Granada, que por suerte acaba de recibir el dinero de una beca del Ministerio de Educación. Algunos estudiantes se quejan de tener que pedir prestado el dinero a sus padres, o incluso peor, pedir un préstamo esperando a que llegue el día en que el ingreso de la beca se haga efectivo para poder liquidarlo.
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La UGR edita un libro sobre la danza rarámuri, de posible origen europeo, en la mexicana Sierra Tarahumara

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La danza rarámuri es, según el profesor Acuña Delgado, del Departamento de Antropología Social de la Universidad de Granada, un sistema de comunicación con el que este pueblo “mira al cielo y al suelo”. El libro “Etnología de la danza rarámuri en la Sierra Tarahumara” es el resultado de tres años de investigación y 11 meses de experiencia en el campo; y supone un informe sobre la diversidad y riqueza de este baile del suroeste del estado mexicano de Chihuahua en la Sierra de Tarahumara que, a decir del autor del libro, bien pudo ser de origen español, al atribuir a los matachines (sinónimo de matamoros) de la sierra de Tarahumara las primeras manifestaciones de este baile con el que los españoles que llegaron a México trataban de representar la lucha entre moros y cristianos, presentes en las fiestas de las morismas. El profesor Acuña Delgado afirma, sin embargo, que otros indicios hacen pensar en un origen italiano de esta danza, dado que determinados hallazgos, datos históricos y analogías, coinciden, incluso en la actualidad, con ciertas manifestaciones dancísticas del norte de Italia. La danza rarámuri es, con seguridad, eso sí, de origen europeo, según concluye el profesor Acuña Delgado.

El libro, profusamente ilustrado con fotografías a color, y acompañado de un CD en el que se recoge una muestra de las músicas de la danza rarámuri, trata, pues, del grupo étnico Rarámuri que en la actualidad habita al suroeste del Estado de Chihuahua en México, en un territorio abrupto que adopta el nombre de Sierra Tarahumara.
Según el profesor Acuña: “La danza en sus distintas manifestaciones está indisolublemente unida al tiempo de fiesta rarámuri, al igual que el tesgüino, convirtiénsode ambas en una importante seña de identidad para el pueblo, que los diferencia de los no rarámuri, de los mestizos y chabozis que no danzan ni toman como ellos. Hay que danzar para ganarse el gratificante tesgüino, el agua de Dios, para tener contento a Onorúame, para que el mundo no se acabe, para atraer la lluvia, para evitar la enfermedad, las catástrofes naturales, para estar alegres, para estar juntos y repartir.”

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Referencia: Profesor Ángel Acuña Delgado. Departamento de Antropologóa Social. Universidad de Granada. Tfns: 958 240 693 y 958 243 099. Correo electrónico: acuna@ugr.es