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Neanderthals 'Were Ahead Of Their Time'
The Telegraph (UK) ^
| 6-15-2007
Posted on 06/14/2007 5:56:19 PM PDT by blam
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To: metmom
"And how do we know what they looked like? Those stupid artists renditions? That's real reliable. " This is a reconstructed face from what is believed to be a Neanderthal - Modern Human hybrid. (Re-constructed from a skull/skeleton found in Portugal)
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posted on
06/14/2007 7:16:28 PM PDT
by
blam
To: blam
They died out because Europe got too cold for bananas to grow.
To: U S Army EOD
I will believe that when I see a whale walk on the moon.
Why am I reminded of this story?
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posted on
06/14/2007 7:25:00 PM PDT
by
StACase
To: labette
If Neanderthals were stronger and smarter than we, Why are we the survivors? We are meaner and nastier, and hold grudges longer? Plus we breed like rats under most circumstances.
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posted on
06/14/2007 7:30:27 PM PDT
by
El Gato
(The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
To: blam
So easy, a scientist could do it.
Scientists are what...schmart?
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posted on
06/14/2007 7:32:03 PM PDT
by
Sender
(I know I left my country around here somewhere. Reward if found.)
To: blam
The mating of a female Neanderthal with a modern human male was unlikely because she would find him gracile and he would find her robust. This theory only works if beer was not yet invented.
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posted on
06/14/2007 7:43:13 PM PDT
by
Maynerd
(Bush is the Herbert Hoover of border security)
To: labette
>If Neanderthals were stronger and smarter than we, Why are we the survivors?<
Poor immigration laws?
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posted on
06/14/2007 8:03:58 PM PDT
by
dangerdoc
(dangerdoc (not actually dangerous any more))
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posted on
06/14/2007 8:15:12 PM PDT
by
labette
To: Blood of Tyrants
If that were true, whales would be the most intelligent creatures on earth.perhaps they are...
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posted on
06/14/2007 8:23:25 PM PDT
by
chilepepper
(The map is not the territory -- Alfred Korzybski)
To: blam
Neanderthals had bigger brains the we do
Speak for yourself sapiens.
To: labette
To: StACase
I hope that really happened.
I think the upcoming (or has it started?) Neandertaler sitcom may have something to do with the surge of interest, but as we all know, this is Mammoth Week, and the Neandertal loved the smell of mammoth in the morning.
The Neandertal Enigma
by James Shreeve
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]
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posted on
06/14/2007 10:14:28 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Time heals all wounds, particularly when they're not yours. Profile updated June 8, 2007.)
To: blam; FairOpinion; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 24Karet; 3AngelaD; 49th; ...
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posted on
06/14/2007 10:15:01 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Time heals all wounds, particularly when they're not yours. Profile updated June 8, 2007.)
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posted on
06/14/2007 10:17:35 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Time heals all wounds, particularly when they're not yours. Profile updated June 8, 2007.)
To: SunkenCiv
here's one!
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posted on
06/14/2007 10:32:54 PM PDT
by
Fred Nerks
(FAIR DINKUM!)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
06/14/2007 10:34:03 PM PDT
by
Pelham
(deport and impeach)
To: Blood of Tyrants; shibumi
“Dumb” animals can learn *our* language well enough to associate a specific action/object/command/concept with them, yet we have not a single clue what *they* are saying.
[cue Twilight Zone music]....;]
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posted on
06/14/2007 11:45:15 PM PDT
by
Salamander
(And don't forget my Dog; fixed and consequent.......)
To: U S Army EOD
I hope that really happened.
It's a joke, a very funny joke but a joke. You can look it up on Snopes or some other debunking website.
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posted on
06/15/2007 2:46:50 AM PDT
by
StACase
To: blam
“.....The mating of a female Neanderthal with a modern human male was unlikely because she would find him gracile and he would find her robust.....”
Ever spent much time in a trailer park? This kind of thing happens every day.
As an acquaintance of mine said, concerning a mutual friend, who was skinny and dating a “robust” woman (whom he later married),
“If she don’ weigh more ‘n’ he do, he don’ wan’ ‘er!”
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posted on
06/15/2007 3:58:02 AM PDT
by
Renfield
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