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Pile with the world Excuse me Hello everyone Hi, thank you for coming I would just like to welcome you all To our first meeting Of our neighborhood collection club Hurray Collection club Collection Club Oh yeah Now Collection Club is the club where we all come together And share our collections of the cool
stuff we've collected Like my collection of vintage scientist tools See, I've got a compass from the Lewis and Clark expedition A geological hammer from 1924 Thank you Oh no, not yet, Guy Ross Oh, sorry And at this Collection Club, while one of us shares everyone else stares.
It's a Sharon stare.
Oh! Dennis, you stare with your eyes not with your mouth.
Oh. Excuse me? Yes, Grandma Jeep Force?
What if we need to say things like ooh and ah and where'd you get that and give it to me?
Yeah, or things like wow, that must have taken a long time to collect.
Yeah, and stuff like oh wow, that's so special and rare and VIP.
Okay, fine. You can say stuff like that.
Haha, yay! Now, before we begin our collection club, Share and Stare, can anyone tell me what a collection is?
Why, yes, I can, Mindy.
Uh, okay, Grandma G -Force?
Well, a collection is just a pile of trash that somebody forgot to throw away.
Like these parking tickets I've collected off your ice cream truck.
Wait, what? Okay, not exactly, but can I see those, please?
Oh, I know what a collection is It's like hoarding, except it's fancier Okay, yeah, that's not it either Rats Oh, I know A collection is when you accidentally buy 30 pairs of underpants instead of 3 because you typed the wrong number while online shopping No And then you forget to return them Well,
Dennis, I... And then you try to hide your accidental underpants collection by wearing 10 at a time I'm sorry, how many?
Oh, yeah, looks like he's wearing a big diaper And then...
Dennis, that is not what a collection is Can anyone else tell me what a collection is?
Oh, I think I can answer that question, Mindy Yes, Sky Ross, please answer that question Ahem, a collection is a group of things, typically objects, brought together because someone thinks they're cool or interesting Oh Oh, okay Oftentimes, the collection is organized for study or presented in a showcase
Or just done as a personal hobby Neat!
Exactly! Thank you, Guy Raz See, a collection is kind of like a tiny museum of whatever your bonker ball is about Yeah, but instead of a museum, it's like a you -seum Get it?
Because it's a museum of you You -seum I get it And people collect all sorts of things.
Rocks, stamps, coins, underpads.
Bottle caps. Bones.
Huh? What? Bones. Like these.
Wow. Grandma G4s, are those dinosaur bones?
Nah, I don't like shovels.
These are just normal bones.
Oh, uh. Now, let's see.
What do we got here?
Uh, ham bone, wish bone, bone spur, cuddle bone, chicken bone, dog bone, bone broth, bone thugs in harmony, outside bones.
Outside bones? Yeah, teeth.
Oh, uh, technically teeth are not bones.
Whatever. Wow, this is a pretty bonker balls collection you've got here, Grandma G -Force.
Look at all these bones.
Yeah. You, uh, got any human bones?
No. Oh, well, here.
I'll get you one of mine.
Come here, bones. Caught it.
There we go. Thomas Fingerling, your bones belong inside your body.
All right, what do we got here?
A hip bone? Ooh, that's a good one.
Here you go, G -Force.
Get that hip bone away from me, Fingerling.
Rude. I don't want your fossils.
What? Who are you calling a fossil?
Oh, wait, fossils! Ah, Mr.
Rozzy, not you too.
No, no, no, no, Thomas Fingerling, I'm not trying to insult you.
You're just reminding me of a new discovery I read about in the scientific journal Quaternary.
No, no, nothing. Wait, hold the bones.
Guy Raz, did you just say a new scientific discovery?
Yes, and this is a pretty amazing discovery And it involves a very old collection that began in a cave in northern Spain Between 40 to 50 ,000 years ago Is that old?
Are you talking about an ancient collection, Guy Raz?
Get out of here, Fingerling I'm a teenager now Oh, well, Grandma G -Force wasn't alive when this collection began In fact, this happened so long ago That Homo sapiens, or modern humans like us Hadn't even appeared in this part of Spain yet Well, if humans weren't around yet Who did all the collecting,
Guy? Yeah Okay, everyone.
Let me just check my deep time calendar here and see what was happening on this day in northern Spain 40 ,000 to 50 ,000 years ago.
Okay, so that would have been the Paleolithic era.
That's right. The Paleolithic era when our ancient human ancestors, the Neanderthals, were still in existence.
Ah, Neanderthals, some of the earliest humans on the planet I know all about them They were using stone tools, creating cave paintings, even making music in some cases Fancy And from what researchers from the University of Burgos in Spain have just discovered It's pretty clear that these ancient Neanderthals
may have also been...
Collecting! What? World Wide Web Ooh!
Collection Club! Collection Club!
Yeah, remember, those were the good old days So Guy Raz, you're telling us that our ancient human relatives, the Neanderthals Held their own collection clubs just like us?
Yes, or at least the evidence strongly suggests it Wow, ancient clubs.
Yeah, like this ancient club I got here.
Oh, gee, Forrest, quit clubbing me.
It was a love tap. Well, I didn't love it.
Anyway, as I was saying, when these researchers went into the deep, dark Prado Vargas Cave in northern Spain, they made a few observations.
Observations? Like what, Guy Raz?
Well, for one, they found evidence that Neanderthals Like what, Guy Raz?
Well, for one, they found evidence that Neanderthals had once set up camp inside this cave Wow, they went camping in a cold, dark cave?
No, Dennis, setting up camp means that they lived in this cold, dark cave Ah, ew The researchers also found pieces of tools the Neanderthals had made out of stone as well as evidence that they had butchered deer in the cave.
Well, big whoop, I butchered a rotisserie chicken in my bed.
What? Why? Don't ask questions you don't want to know the answers to, garage.
Oh, right. Anywho, did they observe anything else, Gairaz?
Any more evidence of Neanderthal life in this cave?
They did, Mindy, and this is the fascinating new discovery They also discovered what appeared to be a collection of 15 marine fossils Wow, that's like fossils collecting fossils Well, no fair, they had first devs, I want them bums What kinds of marine fossils did the Neanderthals collect, Gyra's?
Oh, well, we're talking extinct sea snails, ancient clams, prehistoric sea urchins All believed to have been collected from the rocks around the cave Wait, how do we know these seashells were fossils?
What if they were just the leftovers from a Neanderthal fishing trip?
Yeah, just how prehistoric were these marine fossils, Kairaz?
Well, when the researchers examined the shells and urchins, they found that they dated back as far as 66 to 145 million years ago, all the way back to the late Cretaceous period Whoa, that's like the last period in the age of the dinosaurs Wow Wait a minute, how do we know that these fossils were part
of a Neanderthal collection?
Uh, what do you mean, Mindy?
I mean, how do we know that it wasn't just our early human ancestors making tools with the things that they found?
Yeah! Yeah! How do we know they weren't using marine fossils to make clam hammers and sea snail screwdrivers?
Yeah! Well, one of the 15 fossils found in the group showed signs that it could have been used as a hammer, but the others appeared to be grouped just like our collections here today.
Just like our collections here at Collection Club?
Yep Wow, but Guy Raz, so much of a Neanderthal's life was just about surviving You know, finding basic food and shelter Hmm I mean, it was so hard just to stay alive back then Do they really have time for collections?
Yeah, collecting stuff is for soft and squishy modern humans like us Well, that's what's so remarkable about this discovery All of the evidence found in this cave suggests that these early human relatives of ours were collecting fossils just for fun And furthermore, they also found evidence that they
were likely collected by kids That's cool, dude Wait a minute, so you're suggesting that Neanderthals or Neanderthal kids were collecting things just because they thought that they were Interesting?
Just because they thought they were cool?
Yes, exactly Just like we might look for interesting seashells Or rocks or fossils today Or bones There you go, G -Force No Exactly We might show our collections off Or give them away as gifts And this evidence suggests That Neanderthals were doing the same thing Over 40 ,000 years ago Way before modern
humans arrived on the scene That's so cool Wow, how bonker balls is it to think That our ancient Neanderthal relatives Were out collecting the same prehistoric fossils That we're still searching for and finding today Yeah, and getting the first dibs on all the good ones Yeah, I guess What I wouldn't
give to be a Neanderthal bone collector Right about now, I'd be rich.
Well, you certainly look like one, G -Force.
Well, thank you, Fingerling.
I appreciate you saying that.
Well, fascinating new scientific discovery, Guy Raz.
And that is a perfect segue into our share and stare for today's collection club meeting.
Oh. So, who's up next?
Me? Okay, I'll go. This here is my collection of found fuzzy things.
Okay. Let's see here.
I've got dryer lint, dust bunnies, a mossy rock, belly button lint.
Paraball, mold from a fuzzy peat, fungus on a log.
Ew! I don't like that.
I call dibs on the log fungus.
Clumps of cat fur from my sleigh cats, woolly aphids, coconut husks, Guy Raz's pink bunny slippers.
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