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Monday, October 16,1989
Archaeological duo brings glimpse
of Neanderthal way of life to A&M
By Andrea Warrenburg
Of The Battalion Staff
Most of us have seen “Raiders of
the Lost Ark,” with the Hollywood
version of the life of an archeologist
filled with danger, excitement and
glory.
But Ralph and Rose Solecki, an
thropological archeologists and Ful-
bright Scholars at Texas A&M, don’t
look for adventure.
Their names emblazoned forever
in textbooks for their discovery of
the skeletal remains of nine Nean
derthals in the Shanidar cave in
Northern Iraq, the Soleckis are at
A&M to continue their research of
the people of the past.
The Soleckis recently retired from
Columbia University in New York
after 30 years of teaching. They
were looking for a university in a
better climate to continue their re
search at and with a growing anthro
pology department. T hey arrived at
A&M in September.
Solecki was also a consultant for
the Time-Life Books series’ The
Emergence of Man book, “The
Neanderthals.”
Their work in Iraq began in 1951
with Solecki, then a 34-year-old
Smithsonian archeologist, and a
team setting out to find ancient
stone tools. Nine years, thousands of
miles and 40 caves later, he had un
earthed one of the largest Neander
thal skeletal collections found in one
place.
Neanderthals inhabited the earth
during the Pleistocene Age for about
150,000 years and became extinct
about 40,000 years ago.
They were characterized by a
heavy brow ridge, elongated skull
and sloping mandible, but had the
same cranial capacity as modern hu
mans. On the average, they stood a
muscular 5 feet 6 inches tall, looking
much like modern humans below
the neck.
“They were built like piano
movers,” Solecki said. “They were
muscular, not flabby.”
Anthropological archeologists
study not only the artifacts them
selves but what they say about the
cultures of the extinct people.
“The fascination of the study is
not just the artifacts, but everything
that was aligned with them,” Solecki
said.
The discoveries at Shanidar are
important because they gave the an
thropological community insight
into the humanity of the Neander
thals.
Remnents of bouquets of flowers
strewn over the remains of one of
the skeletons indicates they prac
ticed some sort of special burial. The
remains of another Neanderthal
showed he was blind in one eye, par
tially paralyzed on the right side and
had arthritis. His handicaps paired
with his age show that the individual
must have been cared for by others.
“We have a better understanding
of the life and times of the Neander
thals who are under the shadow of
their brute characteristics,” Solecki
said. “They are evidentally more
sensitive than given credit for.”
Although they have unearthed 45
feet of remains at the Shanidar
Cave, Solecki said they have only
scratched the surface. Fighting be
tween the locals and the government
in Iraq have made it impossible to
continue excavation. The area is un
der control by the military, and
when the Soleckis returned to the
cave for a day in 1978, soldiers es
corted them out of the area for their
Photo by Frederick D.
Drs. Ralph and Rose Solecki with a skull they recovered
from Shanidar cave in Northern Iraq.
studied at their A&M lab.
own safety.
The Soleckis were allowed to take
some artifacts from Shanidar out of
Iraq with them, but the collection of
skeletal remains stayed. It is the arti
facts they brought back that will be
“We are like detectives. Each pi!
of evidence we treat carefully
lecki said. “You can carry your
wherever you go.”
Aggies take part in Big Brothers, Sisters program
By Julie Myers
Of The Battalion Staff
About 90 Texas A&M students
will visit Oakwood Middle School
next week to have lunch with their
little brothers and sisters.
They are participating in the Big
Brothers and Big Sisters program to
provide young students with positive
role models and encourage them to
stay in school.
“Big Brothers and Big Sisters are
people they can talk to and relate to
when they need help,” program
coordinator and senior business ma
jor Jennifer Lee said. “When you’re
at that age, you can’t always talk to
your parents or teachers about some
of your curiosities, and your friends
don’t know.”
Lee said any ,A&M student inter
ested in being a big brother or sister
must take their little brother or sister
to the library once a month, eat
lunch with them in the school cafete
ria once a week and submit a letter
of recommendation from a faculty
member. After attending an orienta
tion and receiving the parents’ per
mission, both students can get to
gether.
“That’s the minimum, but most
people are wanting to do a lot more
with their little brothers and sisters
than that,” Lee said. “They’re totally
gung-ho about it.”
Off-Campus Aggies are planning
a pizza party and T-shirt painting
party to acquaint the junior high stu
dents with their big brothers and sis
ters. Sororities; fraternities, the psy
chology club and the Aggie Men’s
Club are planning similar activities,
Lee said.
Although the initial response was
positive, the program still needs
about 50 more big brothers and big
sisters, especially minorities. Lee said
minority students have the greatest
need for role models; someone they
can look up to and feel they can ac
complish similar same goals.
“Many minorities think that
higher education is not in their futu
re,” Lee said. “Some parents only
stress graduating from high school
so they (students) can work.”
All students have the ability to go
to college, Lee said. They only need
an incentive; having a big brother or
sister provides this incentive
high students must maintain
erage, have good conduct grai
and stay out of legal trouble top
ticipate in the program.
“There are strict rules, and I
follow them,” Lee said. “Thisisai
ward for them and they workfor;
Teachers recommend theitjun
high students for the program
cause they foresee tire child tan
difficulty, Lee said, and believe
would be a good little brother
little sister candidate.
“Most kids have some
problem, whether it be emotioi
social or academic,” Lee said."
have learning disabilities.”
For more information on the
gram, contact Oakwood Mil
School at 764-5530.
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