[blam]

GGG Ping.

[marsh_of_mists]

Oh boy, I can't wait for the "So that explains Al Gore/Hillary/Schumer/Kerry/Dean/Liberals/Democrats" jokes!

[Yo-Yo]

"Don't even think about any Caveman jokes."

[I see my hands]

It's good that paleoanthropology hasn't become popularly political yet. From what I read the truth of the past matters much today regarding rights and claims of rights. And as always the truth favors the good guys.

Interesting article.

[siunevada]

They saw each other as social equals.

Okay.

Love that science reporting. Nothing but the facts.

[PzLdr]

I thjought they all just joined the Democrats.

[taxesareforever]

which shows that early modern humans did exhibit evidence of Neandertal traits.

Which led to the new name "democrat".

[Thermalseeker]

the fate of the Neandertals was to be absorbed into modern human groups.

Finally! An explanation as to why my neighbor acts like he does!

[squarebarb]

Stephen Oppenheimer states definiteely that we did not mix with Neanderthals.

There has been some fragmentary DNA extracted from Neanderthal skeletons and he says there is no connection.

Hey, all I know is what I read.

[Cacique]

btt

[Jim Noble]

After the last century, I have no doubt about what befell the Neanderthals

[SunkenCiv]

I was beginning to be concerned that I'd never have the opportunity to reprise this again...

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.

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[dsc]

“Just as importantly, it also says that the behavioral difference between the groups were small. They saw each other as social equals.”

My, but crap like this makes my butt tired.

They saw each other as social equals, did they? Sure, either that or they ate the men and kept the women around to satisfy other appetites.

Has the level of intelligence in arts and parties departments sunk so low that they don’t even realize how stupid a statement like that makes them look?

[Jessarah]

"When you look at all of the well dated and diagnostic early modern European fossils, there is a persistent presence of anatomical features that were present among the Neandertals but absent from the earlier African modern humans,"

I wish they'd give us examples!