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]
by James Shreeve
in local libraries
Neanderthals
cool.
I’m 5’2, used to walk to school with two sisters who were 5’12. I was the faster, easier walker - running might have been a different story.
Everything else being equal - it usually isn’t.
maybe they didn’t need to have long legs and arms to reach the TV controls.. they didn’t have stands back then.. just a guess. or it could have been tight fitting levis,,uhh genes :-)
Dorf was a Neandertal
We are Neanderthals.
Unfortunately there was no “petite” section back then and they spent a FORTUNE on alterations.
Neanderthals were the first to domesticate a wild animal, the Side-Hill Wampus.
Cue latest Robert Reich video in 3.....2.....1.....
short cave men have no reason to live!
This article finally explains the success of the American poison dwarf, Giftswerg robertus reicccchhhisus.
Were they below 4’10” in height? If so, they would qualify as midgets.
I bet the Sasquatches back then used those Neanderthals in their local dwarf tossing leagues!
Birthing children was easier for the shorter compact Neanderthal females. Breech births (legs first) were also more easily accommodated and if childbirth came while standing or walking - the baby didn’t have so far to fall.
This article makes them sound like dwarves out of a Tolkien book. Weren’t they more similar to the vikings?
This explains their extinction.
I postulate that one of their short legs was shorter than the other—from humping the hills.
When they came down to flatlands, they stumped around in a circle until they starved to death.
(I expect credit for this theory.)
I’m sorry but I couldn’t help it......
a short legged Neanderthal named nick
couldn’t help stepping on his prick
to save him this trouble
he bent it up double
and no longer fears it a lick
I thought Cro-Magnons and Neanderthals had been proven to be species apart from man by DNA testing?
Basket ball players spend lots of time on flat surfaces so their legs grew longer (and their pants grew shorter).
63” tall, 32” inseam.
Ain’t got that problem.
:-P