[decimon]

Caption: Computer agents (colored dots) simulating prehistoric hunter-gatherer groups are superimposed over a map of Late Pleistocene western Eurasia. Gray shows Pleistocene land area with lowered sea levels, black lines show modern coastlines, white areas show ice sheets. The blue dots represent groups of "modern" humans, red dots represent groups of Neanderthals, and yellow dots represent groups with biological mixtures of modern and Neanderthal genes. This is a snapshot of the simulation after hundreds of cycles in which the hunter-gather groups have higher mobility in response to changing glacial climate. The data and corresponding analyses were cited by archeologists from Arizona State University and the University of Colorado Denver in findings published in the December issue of the journal Human Ecology, available online Nov. 17.

Credit: Michael Barton/Arizona State University

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[decimon]

Wander, lust ping.

[Thane_Banquo]

"Who are you calling a neanderthal?!"

[exit82]

Proof that Neanderthals adapt and still exist:

Romney,Rove,McConnell,McCain,Graham........

[5thGenTexan]

Silly researchers - everyone knows there was no climate change until SUVs and coal power plants were invented...

[blueunicorn6]

“Modern humans probably saw neanderthals as possible mates.” - a dozen tequilla shooters, 2am, it’s cold out, yeah, I’ve been there.

[frithguild]

said Barton, who also is co-director of ASU's Center for Social Dynamics and Complexity, which leverages the emerging field of complex systems to foster interdisciplinary research on fundamental questions of social life.

how does one earn money for that? Can it fit on a business card?

[chesley]

Wasn’t it just a few years ago that we were being told that Neadertals were a completely seperate species fromus, and couldn’t possibly breed with us?

Do these people know what they were doing?