自100年前以来,尼安德特人便被认为是野蛮、残忍、愚昧、冷漠的种群。但20世纪50年代,考古学家又了9具尼安德特人的遗骨,通过对这些遗骨的深入研究,人们修正了以前的认识。在这9具尼安德特人遗骨中,最先引起科学家注意的是一具扭曲的骨架,仅仅根据目测,就可以判定这是一个严重残疾的人,随后的研究果然证实了最初的判断:这位可怜的人右臂萎缩,生来就是残疾;左脸上的大量疤痕印迹则表明他的左眼失明。一个重度残疾的人,在当时恶劣的环境中,是不可能养活自己的。那是一个残酷到我们无法想象的年代,连弱者自强不 Neanderthals have been considered brutal, cruel, ignorant, and indifferent to the population since 100 years ago. However, in the 1950s, archaeologists returned 9 remains of Neanderthals, and through their in-depth study of the remains, people have amended their previous understanding. Of the nine Neanderthal bones, the first to draw the attention of scientists is a distorted skeleton, which can be judged as a severely disabled person only by visual inspection. Subsequent studies confirm the original judgment : The poor man’s atrophy of her right arm was born disabled; the large number of scar marks on his left face showed his left eye was blind. A severely disabled person can not feed himself in the harsh conditions of the time. It was a cruel era we can not imagine, even the weak self-improvement does not