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Posted on 08/20/2014 2:50:07 PM PDT by Fractal Trader
A new study concludes that modern humans arrived in Europe much earlier than previously believed, and clarifies more specifically the long time period they overlapped with Neanderthals.
The significant overlap bolsters a theory that the two species met, bred and possibly exchanged or copied vital toolmaking techniques. It represents another twist in an enduring puzzle about human origins: why we triumphed while the better adapted and similarly intelligent Neanderthals died out.
The study was published Wednesday in the journal Nature.
Neanderthals are our closest known extinct relatives, with about 99.5% of DNA in common with humans. They had a brain size similar to ours and much stronger bodies. They were also likely better adapted to Europe's bitter climate and had survived several ice ages. Modern humans, by contrast, arrived in Europe from sultry Africa.
Scientists have struggled to pinpoint when and how the Neanderthals disappeared in Europe. A big reason is that radiocarbon dating of material older than 30,000 years is unreliable because contamination of the samples can make them appear much younger.
A Neanderthal jaw from Zafaraya, Spain Thomas Higham An international team of scientists has now used improved techniques—including methods to remove contamination, plus more sophisticated chemical treatments—to more accurately date samples of bone, shell and charcoal dug up at 40 archaeological sites from Russia to Spain.
Neanderthals originally emerged from Africa and lived in Europe, Russia and the Middle East at least 200,000 years ago and possibly for tens of thousands of years before that.
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Neanderthals were 100% human but had the disease of rickets which accounts for their posture. (Maybe this has changed since the late 60’s)
This does not mean that his ancestors lived in Ireland.
That was the primary conclusion but with more data they then said he was related to half of European males. I keep hoping for more European DNA studies.
That Shakira is a real looker.
Pretty is as pretty does.
I think there's pretty solid research proving a Levantine origin (with stops along the way, northern Iberia for one) for the Irish . . . or at least one wave of Irish settlers.
At the margins, the lines between "species" are blurry, not sharp (as Darwinian evolution would predict). No one thinks lions and tigers are the same species, or that dogs and wolves are, but there are occasional succcesful matings between lions and tigers and between wolves and dogs.
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You do understand that theories are the highest level of proof in science don’t you? Newton’s laws of motion were corrected by Einstein’s theories. Electricity is understood, in part, by circuit theory. You understand this stuff, right?
“Neanderthals originally emerged from Africa...”
I don’t see how this is possible. Did they all leave, leaving the continent completely before the negroes moved in ?
Well, somebody had to talk about how interbreeding took place, and the mechanics of the process, and whether Laz would be involved...,..
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why we triumphed while the better adapted and similarly intelligent Neanderthals were killed off by their enemies.
there fixed it.
Latest study shows that half the population has less intelligence than a CARROT.
Think about this-
Celts and ..... Teutons.
King Tut. King Teuton. King Teutoncommon. King Tutankhamun.
Latest study shows that half the population has less intelligence than a CARROT.
Seen any statistics on how many are dumber than rocks?
Is the search limited to just this planet?
You do know that only shows up when you click on the link ?
Or it's mother.
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