Posted on 10/12/2006 11:22:03 AM PDT by blam
Fossil remains show the merging of Neandertals, modern humans
By Neil Schoenherr
The early modern human remains from the Pestera Muierii (Cave of the Old Woman), Romania, which were discovered in 1952, have been poorly dated and largely ignored. But recently, a team of researchers from the Anthropological and Archaeological Institutes in Bucharest, Romania, and from WUSTL has been able to directly date the fossils to 30,000 years ago. The fossils prove that a strict population replacement of the Neandertals did not happen.
"What these fossils show is that these earliest modern humans had a mosaic of distinctly modern human characteristics and other characteristics which align them with Neandertals, suggesting some combination of modern humans dispersing into Europe and interacting with and absorbing the Neandertal population," said Erik Trinkaus, Ph.D., the Mary Tileston Hemenway Professor of physical anthropology in Arts & Sciences.
"These fossils have the potential to shed light on several issues regarding early modern Europeans."
The team's research will appear online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The human remains from the Pestera Muierii present a basically modern human-derived pattern, which is evident in discrete traits and metric aspects throughout the sample. It therefore joins the sample of human remains from the sites of Pestera cu Oase and Pestera Cioclovina in southeastern Europe, Mlade in Central Europe, and Brassempouy, La Quina Aval and Les Rois in western Europe in filling out the anatomy of the earliest of modern humans in Europe.
Yet, as with many of these other Early Upper Paleolithic modern Europeans, the Muierii fossils exhibit a number of archaic and/or Neandertal features.
These data reinforce the mosaic nature of these early modern Europeans and the complex dynamics of human reproductive patterns when modern humans moved westward across Europe.
Nice try. Which creationist website did this come from?
When Democrats Marry Republicans: The Merging Of Neandertals, Modern Humans
LOL.
That probably meant the birth of twins every 3 to 5 years.
Twins at that frequency means they had to have four breasts.
I doubt that lady has 4, 2 maybe, but we can only believe that if you can find a picture for us.
"When Democrats Marry Republicans: The Merging Of Neandertals, Modern Humans..."
But this begs the question- what good Republican would want to marry outside his own species?
Evilutionists will not look at Neanderthal DNA because it proves the Humans were in no way related to Neanderthals.
Mary Matlin.
So it appears my ancestors did date Neanderthals, in spite of what the families thought.
Father: "Where do you think you are going, Bam?"
Bam "I'm going to the river to meet Boom Boom."
Father: "I thought I told you we don't mix with those animals."
Bam: "Dad, I'm going. I love her, regardless of what the family says."
There is a limitation on what can be derived from cranial and facial morphology, but as the period in question is recent, I would imagine that they are fairly complete.
If I cannot study the case myself, I would prefer to wait for a full publication of the analysis in a scientific journal before drawing my conclusions.
That's too bad. Wonder why?
Most of the fun on FR are the keywords.
experts are looking a neanderthal DNA, and the jury is out - my prediction is that we have met the neanderthals, and they are us.
Maybe it is just the number of characters...
Why do you assume Neanderthalus is Liberal? Makes much more sense, that we neanderthals are conservative.
My thoughts also.
Just don't tell my redheaded kid. LOL.
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