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The host noted that Ralph Solecki had published a book titled Shanadar, The First Flower People, which originally claimed Neanderthals had a spiritual side, but later the idea was discredited.
An archaeologist at the center of this work, Ralph Solecki, published a book called Shanadar, The First Flower People. It was 1971, the age of Aquarius, those flowers he'd go on to write proved that N...
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The host noted that Ralph Solecki had published a book titled Shanadar, The First Flower People, which originally claimed Neanderthals had a spiritual side, but later the idea was discredited.
An archaeologist at the center of this work, Ralph Solecki, published a book called Shanadar, The First Flower People. It was 1971, the age of Aquarius, those flowers he'd go on to write proved that Neanderthals had soul.
Then again, Solecki's idea was eventually discredited.