[blam]

GGG Ping

This is the cover of the current Archaeology Magazine. It has the image of the hybrid Neanderthal kid we've been posting around here for years.

[Coyoteman]

Good stuff!

[layman]

The article is too long for me to read, but I enjoyed looking at the pictures .... they put me in the mood for Halloween.

[dangus]

All evolutionary advancements emerge from the "odd ones." We survived; they didn't. We're superiorly adapted.

[SunkenCiv]

a tall glass of the usual, please:

The Neandertal Enigma
by James Shreeve

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]

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Blam. And a welcome to new list members!

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[gcruse]

Anything that chips away at the notion of modern humanity as the sine qua non of existence gets my vote. Good article and much needed approach to human development.