Pedro Cantalejo, shugaban kogon Ardales Andalusian, ya kalli zane-zanen kogon Neanderthal a cikin kogon.Hoto: (AFP)
Wannan binciken yana da ban mamaki saboda mutane suna tunanin Neanderthals na da dadewa ne kuma baƙar fata, amma zanen kogon fiye da shekaru 60,000 da suka wuce ya kasance abin ban mamaki a gare su.
Masana kimiyya sun gano cewa lokacin da mutanen zamani ba su zauna a nahiyar Turai ba, Neanderthals suna zana stalagmites a Turai.
Wannan binciken yana da ban mamaki saboda ana ɗaukar Neanderthals mai sauƙi kuma mai banƙyama, amma zanen kogon fiye da shekaru 60,000 da suka wuce ya kasance abin ban mamaki a gare su.
Zanen kogon da aka samu a cikin kogo uku a Spain an yi su ne tsakanin shekaru 43,000 zuwa 65,000 da suka wuce, shekaru 20,000 kafin mutanen zamani su isa Turai.Wannan ya tabbatar da cewa Neanderthals ne ya ƙirƙira fasaha kimanin shekaru 65,000 da suka wuce.
Duk da haka, a cewar Francesco d'Errico, mawallafin sabon takarda a cikin mujallar PNAS, wannan binciken yana da cece-kuce, "kasidar kimiyya ta ce waɗannan pigments na iya zama wani abu na halitta" kuma shine sakamakon kwararar baƙin ƙarfe..
Wani sabon bincike ya nuna cewa abun da ke ciki da matsayi na fenti ba su dace da tsarin halitta ba.Maimakon haka, ana amfani da fenti ta hanyar fesa da busa.
Mafi mahimmanci, rubutun su bai dace da samfurori na halitta da aka ɗauka daga kogon ba, wanda ke nuna cewa pigment ya fito daga waje.
Ƙarin ƙayyadaddun ƙayyadaddun ƙawance ya nuna cewa an yi amfani da waɗannan pigments a wurare daban-daban a cikin lokaci, fiye da shekaru 10,000.
A cewar d’Errico na Jami’ar Bordeaux, wannan “ya goyi bayan hasashen cewa Neanderthals sun zo nan sau da yawa fiye da shekaru dubbai don nuna alamar kogon da fenti.”
Yana da wuya a kwatanta "art" na Neanderthals tare da frescoes da masu zamani na zamani suka yi.Alal misali, frescoes da aka samu a cikin kogon Chauvie-Pondac a Faransa sun wuce shekaru 30,000.
Amma wannan sabon binciken ya kara tabbatar da cewa zuriyar Neanderthal sun bace kimanin shekaru 40,000 da suka wuce, kuma ba ’yan uwansu ba ne na Homo sapiens da aka dade ana nuna su a matsayin Homo sapiens.
Ƙungiyar ta rubuta cewa waɗannan fenti ba "art" ba ne a cikin kunkuntar ma'ana, "amma sakamakon ayyukan zane ne da ke da nufin ci gaba da ma'anar alamar sararin samaniya."
Tsarin kogon "ya taka muhimmiyar rawa a tsarin alamar wasu al'ummomin Neanderthal", kodayake ma'anar waɗannan alamomin har yanzu asiri ne.