Neanderthals 'Were Ahead Of Their Time'

The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 6-15-2007

[blam]

"And how do we know what they looked like? Those stupid artists renditions? That's real reliable. "

This is a reconstructed face from what is believed to be a Neanderthal - Modern Human hybrid. (Re-constructed from a skull/skeleton found in Portugal)

[rickdylan]

They died out because Europe got too cold for bananas to grow.

[StACase]

I will believe that when I see a whale walk on the moon.

Why am I reminded of this story?

[El Gato]

If “Neanderthals” were stronger and smarter than we, Why are we the survivors?

We are meaner and nastier, and hold grudges longer? Plus we breed like rats under most circumstances.

[Sender]

So easy, a scientist could do it.

Scientists are what...schmart?

[Maynerd]

The mating of a female Neanderthal with a modern human male was unlikely because she would find him gracile and he would find her robust.

This theory only works if beer was not yet invented.

[dangerdoc]

>If “Neanderthals” were stronger and smarter than we, Why are we the survivors?<

Poor immigration laws?

[labette]

I just had to ask....

[chilepepper]

If that were true, whales would be the most intelligent creatures on earth.

perhaps they are...

[suffering_fools]

Neanderthals had bigger brains the we do

Speak for yourself sapiens.

[monkeycard]

http://www.livescience.com/environment/070504_neanderthals_climate.html

[U S Army EOD]

I hope that really happened.

[SunkenCiv]

I think the upcoming (or has it started?) Neandertaler sitcom may have something to do with the surge of interest, but as we all know, this is Mammoth Week, and the Neandertal loved the smell of mammoth in the morning.

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! Finally, confirmation. ;')

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[SunkenCiv]

[Fred Nerks]

here's one!

[Pelham]

http://upwithcavemen.com/caveman.htm

[Salamander]

“Dumb” animals can learn *our* language well enough to associate a specific action/object/command/concept with them, yet we have not a single clue what *they* are saying.

[cue Twilight Zone music]....;]

[StACase]

I hope that really happened.

It's a joke, a very funny joke but a joke. You can look it up on Snopes or some other debunking website.

[Renfield]

“.....The mating of a female Neanderthal with a modern human male was unlikely because she would find him gracile and he would find her robust.....”

Ever spent much time in a trailer park? This kind of thing happens every day.

As an acquaintance of mine said, concerning a mutual friend, who was skinny and dating a “robust” woman (whom he later married),
“If she don’ weigh more ‘n’ he do, he don’ wan’ ‘er!”