Ask Helen, she was there.
Posted on 06/23/2010 8:53:54 AM PDT by decimon
More neandering ping.
Genesis tells me al I need to know...
Of couse we all wonder — what about the mating and interbreeding of our various ancestral human species? Have any of the traits of Neanderthals, for example, survived to this day among peoples of the world?
Hard to separate out similar teeth because of similar ancestry and similar teeth due to convergent evolution in adapting to local Northern European food sources.
So, the missing link is still missing.
Ask Helen, she was there.
A few folks I know definitely look like they descended from the Neanderthals!
Yes. They are called Democrats.
I love this time of science. Chesterton hit it spot on, and with his usual humor in “The Everlasting Man.” Speculation goes to some pretty bizarre places based on one set of cave drawings, or in this case some random samplings of teeth. He said something like when we envision cave men we don’t picture them doing careful and detailed artistic studies on cave walls . . . but that is what we really know about them . . . :P
He put it better.
The TYPE of science that is.
They have survived as soulless gingers . Beautiful but deadly .
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Thanks decimon. WOW is this place running slow.To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list.The Neandertal EnigmaFrayer'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] |
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Every physical trait used to describe the Neanderthals can be found amoungst the human population today. Some of the Aboriginies of Australia have even more severe brow ridges than the Neanderthals were noted for having.
Yes, there have been recent articles here at FR regarding studies that indicate humans may have from 1 to 4% Neanderthal DNA. ASk Sunken Civ to put you on his GGG ping list to get notification about these kinds of articles (GGG means Gods, Graves, and Glyphs).
Separation between Neanderthal and Homo sapiens might have occurred 500,000 years earlier
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Don’t you just love it when scientists *discover* a half a billion year mistake?
Keep lookin boys.
Neanderthal DNA is halfway between ours and that of a chimpanzee. Other than for the possibility of similar design techniques, we're not related to them at all.
Half a million...
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