Were Neanderthals stoned to death by modern humans?

New Scientist ^ | Thursday, November 20, 2008 | Ewen Callaway

[shibumi]

There is one thing better than the “ridged skull” thingy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0otnIuQiGG0&NR=1

[shibumi]

"Studies of elite handball and baseball players suggest that frequent overhand throwing from an early age permanently rotates the shoulder-end of the humerus toward an athlete's back, compared to people who haven't spent much time hurling."

I guess I just don't understand. I've never played handball or basketball, but in my 20's and 30's I did a lot of hurling, mostly on Saturday nights.

[bert]

This is her.

There was no mention of why girls can't throw right

[DBCJR]

Saturday night hurling? Sounds like a primitive ritual of self-destruction often followed by a morning of remorseful reflection and vows for the future.

I’ve had rotator cuff repairs on both shoulders, that means I’m an ambidextrious Neandrathal, Klingon variety (ridge-headed).

[Salamander]

I can throw a side-arm fastball that would scare the snot outta you.

[GoLightly]

My research into one of my “Norwegian” lines has a lot of Germans, Danes, Dutch, Flemish (Belgian?) & Swedes. The Danish crown ruled Norway for a couple of centuries, so many in the land owning class, the merchants, as well as many of the priests & leaders of the military in Norway were imports from the mainland. On the mainland, borders moved, even when some families didn't. Is someone from Jylland Danish or German?

[SunkenCiv]

Trinkaus’ comments are the most important IMHO. :’)

This hypothesis relies on a computer simulation / reconstruction of Neandertals, claims Neandertals all died by a thrown spear (and there are lots of N remains) despite lack of evidence, also postulates that spear chuckin’ was practiced twenty thousand years earlier than first attested (despite no evidence thereto), and ignoring the evidence that Neandertal is ancestral to Europeans. :’)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2131718/posts

[babubabu]

I still think humans have some neanderthal ancestry... its just that anthropology and genetics are incredibly PC sciences. You find something controversial and your funding disappears.

[muawiyah]

Chimps toss sticks ~ spear chucking is truly ancient.