[Diana in Wisconsin]

Target Rich Environment. :)

[Diana in Wisconsin]

[Ken522]

“I believe ... there’s good reason to think ..” yeah right.

[digger48]

http://cavemenscrib.com/

[OldPossum]

Prior to my retirement it was my pleasure to ride the Washington Metro (subway) every weekday and observe the occupants thereon, and I can tell you that that the Neanderthal genes are alive and well in our midst.

[bmwcyle]

[miliantnutcase]

This has sounded plausible for quite some time, but they would have to find a way of proving that homo sapien was sexually/genetically compatible to breed with neanderthal.

[mission9]

Oh pleeasse, everyone knows of the genetic experiments conducted by aliens for eons. Don’t you feel like a lab rat? Sure, I know you do.

[LiteKeeper]

YEC INTREP

[Fractal Trader]

ggg ping

[SunkenCiv]

a tall glass of the usual, please:

The Neandertal Enigma
by James Shreeve

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]

[SunkenCiv]

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[Dustbunny]

Clan of the Cave Bear ;D

[Daffynition]

[ZULU]

“Because the sampling remains limited, evolutionary geneticists generally do not say their findings settle the matter, though an ongoing mapping of the Neanderthal genome by European researchers may change the equation.”

I don’t think that most people would notice any difference between a shaved, washed, dressed Neanderthal and a modern man other than that the Neaderthal would appear much stronger than average with some “primitive” facial features.

If there was a reason modern man and Neanderthals did not interbreed successully, that fact must be related to some gological and climatological factor, not a purely biological one.

[DeFault User]

There once was a young man named Dave

Who kept a Neanderthal in a cave....

Nahh, it doesn't quite work.

[chesley]

Homo Sapiens whipped the Neadertal’s collective butts, killed the males, and mated with the females. Whether, or not, offspring resulted may be open to question.

But that they mated is not. Men have been known to mate with ducks, goats, and walruses. How bad can a Neadertal cutie actually be?

[wildbill]

The question I have about the theory is that it seemingly ignores the question of why the Neanderthals apparently didn’t mate with homo sapiens females.

If you saw Raquel Welch in 1,000,000 B.C. or read about Ayla in the Clan of the Cave Bear then you’d really wonder about that. Maybe homo sapiens women smelled funny.

(i’m not going there)

[Continental Soldier]

“Both groups would seem to us dirty and smelly...”
—Oh?

“Humans today still should have some Neanderthal genes.”
—But we don’t.

“...the unanswered question of why Neanderthals died out is even more puzzling...”
—Possibly mating with Cro-Magnons did not produce viable offspring.

[patton]

Ever seen Chris complain of the cold?

[sauropod]

Not one word.