Neanderthal healthcare practices crucial to survival

Eurekalert! ^ | October 4, 2018 | University of York

[SunkenCiv]

"We have evidence of healthcare dating back 1.6 million years ago, but we think it probably goes further back than this. We wanted to investigate whether healthcare in Neanderthals was more than a cultural practice; was it something they just did or was it more fundamental to their strategies for survival?

"The high level of injury and recovery from serious conditions, such as a broken leg, suggests that others must have collaborated in their care and helped not only to ease pain, but to fight for their survival in such a way that they could regain health and actively participate in the group again."

It is generally accepted that more than 80% of the skeletal remains known to archaeologists display several injuries, some of which may have required simple remedies, such as food and rest, and others that would have required serious levels of care due to a high risk to life.

[SunkenCiv]

Shove it up your ass.

[SunkenCiv]

This is also the weekly Digest ping, there will be another Neandertal topic in a few minutes.

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]

KEYWORDS: neandertal; neandertals; neanderthal; neanderthals

[TruthWillWin]

Neanderthals could hold objects between finger and thumb, just like we would hold a pen,

But could they spell?

[Monkey Face]

:o])

[bert]

It has already been revealed....... Clan of the Cave Bear

[Alas Babylon!]

Maybe... But the nurses were ugly as sin!

[rawcatslyentist]

Indigenous Peoples Day! Everybody get indigenous!

[Tijeras_Slim]

We have evidence of healthcare dating back 1.6 million years ago

This explains the magazines in my doctor's waiting room.

[Alas Babylon!]

Well, were are the Mohican or Pequot Indians? What about the Etruscans? The Lost Tribes of Israel?

People come and go.

DNA tests show that up to 5% of European and Asian peoples’ genes are Neanderthal. So they got absorbed. Maybe made slaves or conquered.

Too many bones and other artifacts have been found to say the Neanderthals didn’t exist. And their genomes have been completely sequenced.

What particularly happened to the last remaining full-blooded Neanderthals we will never know.

[mountainlion]

But could they spell?....

Cursive or printing?

[mountainlion]

There are only one or two complete skeletons. There are only about 200 partial skeletons.

One competing theory is that these were extremely old people which would be another reason for sharing DNA.

[Alas Babylon!]

No, just no.

Some were children.

https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-evolution-human-origins/neanderthal-child-remains-found-catalonia-cave-002940

And I don’t think there is any ancient hominid skeletons complete, anywhere, including full-blooded ancient homo sapiens sapiens. There are tiny ear bones and finger and toe bones, etc. which might not survive for tens of thousands of years.

The same applies to Neanderthal. With modern day gene sequencing, they don’t need every bone in a skeleton to tell the species.

[left that other site]

Yeah, but did they have insurance?

[jalisco555]

I’m rather partial to the dog theory of why homo sapiens prevailed. It says wolves were domesticated well before the conventional wisdom says and the collaboration of two apex predators (homo sapiens and wolves/dogs) made the difference in the competition.

[mountainlion]

I think it would be amusing to have a list of all the theories.

[dfwgator]

What about Neanderthal Legal practices?

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Black Africans have no Neanderthal DNA.

Actually they do.

If you want to bore yourself to death read this article.

Chad Genetic Diversity Reveals an African History Marked by Multiple Holocene Eurasian Migrations

A quick summary is that .5 percent Neanderthal DNA was found in the groups studied.

[Scram1]

The Neander Tal was named after a minister, Joachim Neumann, who used to take walks there in the late 17th century. Neumann composed many hymns, some of which are still sung today. Wanting to use a Greek pseudonym, Neumann, whose name means “new man”, chose “Neander”, a translation of his name into Greek. By a strange coincidence, the “New Man Valley” named for him after his death gave its name to a new type of human that was discovered there.

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Praise to the Lord, the almighty, the King of creations

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[AnonymousConservative]

Many believe the world got too easy to live in. They were hardcore characters, designed for a chilly world where they had to fight to survive. When things got easy, they stuck to a very K-selected breeding program, producing a few children and investing heavily in them, while more r-hominids, producing more offspring swept over their range and just out-bred, and interbred, with them.

You can be the best hominid in the world, but if you only have one child, and you have to outcompete wave after wave of thousands of smaller, faster breeding, less robust spear-chuckers, your days will be numbered.