Neanderthals and modern man shared a cave

Times Online ^ | September 01, 2005 | Norman Hammond

[SunkenCiv]

Radiocarbon dates show that modern people camped in the Châtelperron cave, 25 miles northeast of Vichy, about 40,000 years ago, preceded and then followed by two episodes of Neanderthal occupancy... "We realised that these bones could be used for radiocarbon dating, a process not available when Delporte's excavations were carried out," said Professor Paul Mellars of Cambridge, who with Gravina and the Oxford dating specialist Christopher Bronk Ramsey publishes the evidence in the online edition of Nature today. "They give us the first unambiguous proof that Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans overlapped for at least a thousand years in western Europe."

[SunkenCiv]

The rest of the article merely bashes Neanderthal.

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[cripplecreek]

It's not so hard to believe, my wife shares a house with me.

[texianyankee]

Neanderthals and modern man shared a cave

Sounds gay to me.

[contemplator]

25 miles northeast of Vichy, about 40,000 years ago, preceded and then followed by two episodes of Neanderthal occupancy

The ancestors of those early cave dwellers have been surrendering to every force that has wandered by that cave ever since.

[Dustbunny]

"They give us the first unambiguous proof that Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans overlapped for at least a thousand years in western Europe."

Of course they did. It is kind of arrogant of 'scientists' to have come up with a theory to the contrary for all these years. Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans more likely than not also inter 'bred'.

[PeteB570]

Well my wife still claims there must be more that a few Neanderthal genes perking along inside me.

Whenever some of them surface I get "The Look".

[LauraleeBraswell]

http://www.rdos.net/eng/asperger.htm

Go here- it's the Neanderthal theory of Autism. It's just a theory of course. While I'm not learned enough on the subject to form an opinion, it is an interesting read.

[SunkenCiv]

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	Gods Graves Glyphs	Just updating the GGG info, not sending a general distribution. 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] To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list. GGG managers are SunkenCiv, StayAt HomeMother, and Ernest_at_the_Beach
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