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Neanderthals Died Out Earlier Than Thought
Discovery ^ | FEB 5, 2013 | CHARLENS Q. CHOI

Posted on 02/05/2013 1:16:36 PM PST by Pharmboy

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To: AEMILIUS PAULUS

Considering what some modern women look like, I bet Neanderthal women still got nailed by Cro-Magnon men on occasion.


21 posted on 02/05/2013 2:01:38 PM PST by meatloaf (Support Senate S 1863 & House Bill 1380 to eliminate oil slavery.)
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To: bunkerhill7; Nabber

Realistically, if young Neanderthal women looked like her, then they were no worse looking than what many guys bring home from the bar at closing time.

22 posted on 02/05/2013 2:03:26 PM PST by PapaBear3625 (You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
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To: edh
Yeah...ya got me...[where's auto correct FreeRepublic2.0 when you need it?].

And, I was very pleased with 23andme.com since they give you ancestry as well as disease risks, carrier states, traits, etc. Look for discounts on the Interweb before you sign up. Disclaimer: I have no financial interest in that company.

23 posted on 02/05/2013 2:06:13 PM PST by Pharmboy (Democrats lie because they must.)
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To: theBuckwheat
Further note that you're reading what the reporter thinks the researcher said. Reporters are seriously poor at getting the facts right and listening carefully. Current writing skills are pretty poor as well.
24 posted on 02/05/2013 2:06:13 PM PST by muir_redwoods (Don't fire until you see the blue of their helmets)
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To: PapaBear3625

The young Eleanor Clift.


25 posted on 02/05/2013 2:08:36 PM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: AEMILIUS PAULUS
They may have thought each other as repulsive or as a danger to be immediately killed

Men have been known to copulate with chickens, geese, goats, cattle, horses, walruses, and each other. Not to mention ugly women.

Of course they raped the Neanderthal ladies if they caught them. How could it be otherwise?

26 posted on 02/05/2013 2:09:41 PM PST by chesley (Vast deserts of political ignorance makes liberalism possible - James Lewis)
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To: bunkerhill7

And here I though they died out because the Neanderthal used single use plastic bags at the grocery store, and drove SUVs.


27 posted on 02/05/2013 2:10:32 PM PST by svcw (Why is one cell on another planet considered life, and in the womb it is not.)
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To: chesley

That is one disturbing post. That’s just baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad.


28 posted on 02/05/2013 2:13:57 PM PST by Darren McCarty (If most people were more than keyboard warriors, we might have won the election)
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To: Darren McCarty

We didn’t get to where we are by being nice guys...oh yeah, we bad (not me, but as a species). ;-)


29 posted on 02/05/2013 2:19:07 PM PST by Pharmboy (Democrats lie because they must.)
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To: Pharmboy

Nonsense - see them on GEICO commercials all the time.....


30 posted on 02/05/2013 2:22:28 PM PST by njslim (St)
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To: PapaBear3625

Problem was there was no beer to give them an excuse .....


31 posted on 02/05/2013 2:25:04 PM PST by njslim (St)
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To: Pharmboy
"Proud owner of Neanderthal DNA (2.7% of my total, and I’ve also got the brow ridges to prove it phgenotypically)."

I was surprised to read that Asians have a higher percent of Neanderthal DNA than do Europeans.

32 posted on 02/05/2013 2:28:09 PM PST by blam
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To: Pharmboy
That post reminds me of this joke.

A big Scot is sitting in a bar, ranting as he downs his pints. He pounds his hand on the bar, says "You see this bar? I built this bar with me own two hands, a finer piece of work you'll newver find, but do they call me MacGregor the bar-builder? No!!" and he downs his pint and buys another.

He points out the window. "See that dock in the lake? I built that dock with me own hands, a finer piece of work you'll newver find, but do they call me MacGregor the dock-builder? No!!" and downs his pint.

He next pointed out the chair and table in the corner, the fence outside, all sorts of similar projects, and says "I built that with me own two hands, a finer piece of work you'll newver find, but do call me MacGregor the handyman? No!!"

He stares into his beer, whispers, "But you F*** one sheep."

33 posted on 02/05/2013 2:29:45 PM PST by Darren McCarty (If most people were more than keyboard warriors, we might have won the election)
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To: PapaBear3625
The Neanderthal Theory


34 posted on 02/05/2013 2:31:41 PM PST by blam
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To: Pharmboy
Scientists discover the ages of artifacts and fossils using a variety of techniques. For instance, radiocarbon dating determines the age of biological remains based on the ratio between the carbon isotopes (atoms of the same element with different numbers of neutrons) carbon-12 and carbon-14 it holds — this proportion changes as radioactive carbon-14 breaks down while stable carbon-12 does not.

Ok, so they used carbon dating on the bones to determine their age (as well as other techniques).

...and prior research had suggested the last of the Neanderthals held out in southern Iberia until about 35,000 years ago...

OK, So the results of this carbon dating of bones was over 35,000 years. But is carbon dating accurate that far back? I mean 35,000 years is about 7 half-lifes for the c14 isotope? Can we trust that what little is left is not just contamination?

35 posted on 02/05/2013 2:41:41 PM PST by AndyTheBear
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To: blam

Indeed. Essentially the only ones with 3.5 - 4% Neanderthal genes are Asians. Euros average 2.5% or so, and max out at 3.2% or thereabouts.


36 posted on 02/05/2013 2:47:03 PM PST by Pharmboy (Democrats lie because they must.)
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To: chesley

The examples you give are disorders of late and decadent civilizations, not primitive men.


37 posted on 02/05/2013 4:00:53 PM PST by AEMILIUS PAULUS (It is a shame that when these people give a riot)
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To: blam

Love that pic.

Always reminds me of Mrs. Lurkin’s side of the family.


38 posted on 02/05/2013 5:10:47 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: Pharmboy

 GGG managers are SunkenCiv, StayAt HomeMother & Ernest_at_the_Beach
Thanks Pharmboy.
The Neandertal Enigma
by James Shreeve

in local libraries
"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]
Just adding to the catalog, not sending a general distribution.

To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list.


39 posted on 02/05/2013 6:10:05 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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To: Pharmboy

Not true - there are several living in the White House at this very moment.


40 posted on 02/06/2013 1:43:37 AM PST by Jack Hammer
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