A group of Neanderthals in a cave. Image credit: Tyler B. Tretsven.
Posted on 06/21/2020 9:21:18 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
One of these Neanderthal genomes was from an individual (Vindija 33) found in Vindija Cave in Croatia, whereas the other Neanderthal genome (Denisova 5 or the Altai Neanderthal) and the Denisovan genome (Denisova 3) both came from specimens discovered in Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains...
The researchers found that Chagyrskaya 8 lived 80,000 years ago, about 30,000 years after the Denisova 5 Neanderthal and 30,000 years before the Vindija 33 Neanderthal.
They also found that the Chagyrskaya Neanderthal was a female and that she was more closely related to Vindija 33 and other Neanderthals in western Eurasia than to Denisova 5 who lived earlier in the Altai Mountains.
"Chagyrskaya 8 is thus related to Neanderthal populations that moved east sometime between 120,000 and 80,000 years ago," they said.
"Interestingly, the artifacts found in Chagyrskaya Cave show similarities to artifact collections in central and eastern Europe, suggesting that Neanderthal populations coming from western Eurasia to Siberia may have brought their material culture with them."
"Some of these incoming Neanderthals encountered local Denisovan populations, as shown by Denisova 11, who had a Denisovan father and a Neanderthal mother related to the population in which Chagyrskaya 8 lived."
From the variation in the genome, the authors estimated that Chagyrskaya 8 and other Siberian Neanderthals lived in relatively isolated populations of less than 60 individuals.
In contrast, a Neanderthal from Europe, a Denisovan from the Altai Mountains, and ancient modern humans seem to have lived in populations of larger sizes.
(Excerpt) Read more at sci-news.com ...
A group of Neanderthals in a cave. Image credit: Tyler B. Tretsven.
Are you sure that is not a picture of the CHOP encampment in Seattle?
Now you're just being mean to these ancestors of ours.
NO ONE is as oooogly as those protesters...all clones of Ocasio-Ortez
Good catch. But remember, dinosaurs at least served some useful purpose.
Whoops, what cloundmountain said. [blush]
The Neandertal Enigma"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]
by James Shreeve
in local libraries
The popular Neanderthal entertainment, The Cavebear Hunter.
Re: Altai Mountains
I checked that out on Bing Maps.
Talk about remote!
Within a 600 mile radius, the only name I recognized was “Irkutsk,” which I know only because I played “Risk” when I was growing up.
The Altai Mountains are in a confined region where the four borders of China, Russia, Mongolia, and Kazakhstan almost touch.
Mount Everest is about 2,000 miles straight south.
They look entirely too civilized.
And not a Marxist or Democrat among them!
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