Neanderthals Died Out 10,000 Years Earlier Than Thought, With Help From Modern Humans

Nationalgeographic.com ^ | 08-20-2014 | Dan Vergano

[Hugin]

And that's why they're extinct!

[Kommodor]

You sure that wasn’t HandAxe XP?

[Forward the Light Brigade]

I thought they found Neanderthal bone with teeth marks—showing our ancestors ate them! Thats one way to end racism—eat and end the offending race!

[Mike Darancette]

They were profiled.

[Fiji Hill]

Joachim?...................strange name for a German....................

Not really. It is occasionally found in Germany today, and I once met a German named Joachim.

The most notorious German with that name in recent history was Joachim von Ribbentrop, Hitler's foreign minister.

[Red Badger]

Never let protein go to waist.....................

[Red Badger]

No, HandAxe XP required a faster brain...................

[Red Badger]

They didn’t have an Rev. Al Sharpstone or Rev. Jesse Jackhammer to represent them.............

[353FMG]

But we should feel compelled to vote for him/her if one should decide to run for POTUS.

[SunkenCiv]

Cavemen among us: Some humans are 4 percent Neanderthal

No surprise, it's more "research" from the UK. Islamofascism can't possibly undermine the sciences there, they don't have any. Thanks Red Badger!

The Neandertal Enigma
by James Shreeve
in local libraries

"Frayer's own reading of the record reveals a number of overlooked traits that clearly and specifically link the Neandertals to the Cro-Magnons. One such trait is the shape of the opening of the nerve canal in the lower jaw, a spot where dentists often give a pain-blocking injection. In many Neandertal, the upper portion of the opening is covered by a broad bony ridge, a curious feature also carried by a significant number of Cro-Magnons. But none of the alleged 'ancestors of us all' fossils from Africa have it, and it is extremely rare in modern people outside Europe." [pp 126-127]

[gleeaikin]

My thought exactly. Also the interesting point that the N genes found in modern man date back more to 60,000 years ago. It may be that our species and theirs were so diminished by the 74,000 Toba megavolcano event. That some mating from desperation and loneness may have occurred. Also, I vaguely remember reading the earlier Neanderthals may have been less brutish in physical ways than the late ones. Finally, I had the impression from studying the wall of skulls in the Smithsonians new mankind exhibit that Ns were the next step after Heidelbergensis humans who were already in Europe.