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Is it possible that after 25,000 years there is still a vestige of the idea of subhumans left in modern culture? Why, yes, there are people on earth who regard all other races than their own as subhuman or at least more primitive even though true subhumans have been totally gone all this time. This idea can be found all over Europe for sure, but it also exists in other regions such as China.
While some researchers theorize that Neanderthals also are related to humans, yet another study, published in the current Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, claims that the skulls of Neanderthals and humans differ too much for Neanderthals to be our relatives.There is no question that Neanderthals, when they were around, were our nearest relatives. The question is whether they were the same species. In taxonomic terms, it is a question of Homo neanderthalensis versus Homo sapiens neanderthalensis. The difference would be whether interbreeding was likely or even possible.
In either case, both populations have diverged from a common ancestor (Homo erectus, perhaps). It's just a question of how far that divergence has gone.
Funny. I was taught that the Neanderthal was adapted to a cold climate i.e. large nasal cavity to warm inhaled air, bulky body etc. Oh well times change!
Eskimo's and Siberians live at far colder temperatures wrapped in furs.
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Neanderthals Revisited:
New Approaches and Perspectives
ed by Katerina Harvati
and Terry Harrison
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Just updating the GGG info, not sending a general distribution.To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list.The Neandertal EnigmaFrayer'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] |
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