'Nettle and sphagnum moss soup?'0:11
It was almost edible, if you had no sense of smell and pretended that your taste buds hadn't evolved yet.0:15
I had another mouthful of boiled-up Spanish grass and river sand.0:23
I coughed and spluttered and went, 'Urgh!'0:28
Manuel smiled from beneath a thick bright green moustache.0:32
'Spoken like a true Neanderthal.'0:36
Manuel Luc is a professional archaeologist and director of Paleorama, which offers the world's first fly-drive Stone Age holidays.0:38
Modern time-travellers can now enjoy prehistoric breaks in a riverside field near Burgos in northern Spain.0:49
They have to make their own meals, and because it is illegal to hunt in the area, the menu is mainly vegetarian.0:57
But before you can cook your lunch, you must make a fire.1:05
So for about half an hour, I collected leaves and fallen fir needles before being shown, for another hour, how to light them by rubbing two twigs together.1:09
The dress code was relaxed.1:20
Fox has never been my favourite fabric, Deerskin has never suited me either.1:22
So my host let me wear modern leisurewear.1:28
We don't insist on animal skins, he explained.1:31
No clothing has ever been found.1:35
We can only guess what our ancestors dressed in.1:37
This is hands-on archaeology, he continued, ladling his hedgerow casserole into a homemade animal skin bowl.1:40
I want people to relate to their ancestors, their lifestyles, and their achievements.1:48
Paleolithic man was not a beast.1:53
He liked innovations, and he knew how to adapt to his environment.1:55
Stinging nettles were an important part of his diet.2:00
He made soup as well as soap out of them.2:03
Our breaks are all about learning about primitive technology and appreciating the cleverness of our ancestors.2:06
Guests at the 5-day camps can visit the famous Paleolithic remains at Atapuerca.2:12
You make your own accommodation— primitive tents for four— and your own bread out of crushed plant roots.2:19
There are also classes in beginners' cave painting.2:26
It takes 3 seconds to char the end of a branch for charcoal work, but 5 days to make coloured paint from ochre.2:30
It takes years to be able to paint a really realistic aurochs, a type of large wild cattle now extinct.2:38
I stuck to stick men.2:45
People have a low opinion of Neanderthals.2:47
They are very misunderstood, Manuel told me.2:50
But actually they were a success story.2:53
Neanderthal man survived for 270,000 years.2:55
Civilized man has been around for only 7,000.3:00
This is my attempt to make a subject which I am so passionate about more popular, he said.3:03
When our prehistoric camp participants leave, they realize nature is full of resources.3:10
They see their ancestors in a new and positive light, not as dirty, smelly, ugly idiots.3:15
They learn to respect their specialist skills.3:20
He looked at my handiwork.3:23
That's not a bad shoe, he said.3:25
I stared at him in disbelief.3:28
Actually, it's a soup bowl.3:30
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