Did Humans And Neanderthals Battle For Control Of The Middle East?

National Geographic ^ | 3-8-2002 | Ben Harder

[RobFromGa]

I'm not sure how "they" got control in the first place, but it appears that it is time for HUMANS to take back the Middle East.

[farmfriend]

Great post.

[capitan_refugio]

That picture doesn't look at all like Patrick Stewart.

[Dengar01]

The neanderthal looks like an actor I can't put the name with the face though.

[lilylangtree]

Shave his head and mouth and he'd look like Patrick Stewart. With the hair, he looks like one of the muslims of the terrorist group PFLP in the movie "Delta Force" starring Chuck Norris.

[aculeus]

By Ben Harder

Retired porn writer?

[blam]

"That picture doesn't look at all like Patrick Stewart."

I know. It's the first one I've ever seen with hair. Kennewick Man was in his 40's, so, the ageing looks correct.

[SJackson]

Kennewick Man

Handsome, but not a Neanderthal. I heard they all blew themselves up.

[Dialup Llama]

>what an idiot... I read clan of the cave bear and know why.

It was a battle of Elves and Men.

[HockeyPop]

The neanderthal looks like an actor I can't put the name with the face though.

A: Vin Diesel

Your welcome

[Mike Darancette]

I believe these guys see conflict and violence between these two groups which is not supported by the data.

The Idea of conflict or assimilation seems too complex for my taste. I think that the postulated second wave of Cro-Magnon migrants had diseases for which the Neanderthal had little or no immunity.

A more recent example of this would be the Decimation of Native American populations by "European" diseases.

[blam]

"I think that the postulated second wave of Cro-Magnon migrants had diseases for which the Neanderthal had little or no immunity."

But they lived together in overlapping territory for tens of thousands of years. I don't know about your idea on this one? (maybe?)

[AndrewC]

I think that the postulated second wave of Cro-Magnon migrants had diseases for which the Neanderthal had little or no immunity.

Judging from the proboscis disparity it was sniffelus what killed the Neanderthal.

[Mike Darancette]

But they lived together in overlapping territory for tens of thousands of years. I don't know about your idea on this one?

The territory shared seems to be at the very Southern end of the Neanderthal's range. There seems to have been a steady migration of Cro-Magnon from the South, IMHO it would be only a matter of time when some migrants from Africa brought a bug that the Neanderthals could not handle.

The fact that the ranges overlapped for some 10,000 years and then Neanderthal disappeared in all locations in a short period of time points to some type of catastrophe befalling the Neanderthals but not the Cro-Magnon.

[Governor StrangeReno]

Whats he rabbiting on about some of the best footballers I know are neanderthals

[gonzo]

"...The Neandertals, stocky and intelligent humanoids..."

WRONG!! The Neandertals were human beings, just a slightly different species from Cro-Magnun man - i.e. - us.

The next version of 'human being' will probably be a genetically-engineered 'superman', or a 'super-computer'.

We'll probably kill the first, and un-plug the second. It's our nature.

Geez, I bummed-out myself! I'm goin' fishin'.......FRegards

[doug from upland]

later advance by humans might have been set in motion by growing population densities that forced some members of the species to push out of Africa.

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What the heck is that about. How dense could the population be at that time?