[blam]

GGG Ping.

[AntiGuv]

I thought Spain and N. Africa were joined during the first half of the Middle Paleolithic and that the Mediterranean was a dry lowlands.

[lormand]

[SandRat]

Well that explains the Liberals in Europe!

[lexington minuteman 1775]

Algore is best known for floating back...singing "Neanderthal Sunset"

[billorites]

[Kimmers]

"Neanderthal Man Floated Into Europe"


And his name was Ted Kennedy

[C210N]

Neanderthal man floated into Europe,...

and he thought he was just going on a three hour cruise.

... a three hour cruise.

[taxesareforever]

Neanderthal man floated into Europe

And whence the term "floater" was born.

[Focault's Pendulum]

by sailing, swimming or floating

I find the first two plausible...but the third has me puzzled.

But than again...I'm only doing the straight lines tonight.

[SunkenCiv]

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[Dustbunny]

Interesting

[shuckmaster]

The common ancestor of Neanderthal and modern human split about 700,000 ya. Neanderthal shows up in Europe about 200,000 ya - the same time modern human first appears in South Africa. Modern human is in Ethiopia at 160,000 ya and in Australia 65,000 ya but shows no sign of following rivers inland to Eurasia until 50,000 ya. Meanwhile Neanderthal covers Europe into the Middle East and Central Asia and is on the verge of extinction by 50,000 ya. The Gibraltar crossing seems to indicate the common ancestor may have been on the west coast of Africa for a half million years which is contrary to common wisdom but certainly not impossible. Tracing the shore line with Google satellite shows both coasts being very similar with long strands of outer bank beaches separated from mainland swamps by bays, several areas with mainland shoreline against hilly country and several large river mouths wide enough to require rafts to get across.

[SunkenCiv]

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]

[wildbill]

This explains why N. Africans cross over to Europistan today. They have relatives there who are anchor babies and give them rights to immigrate.