Posted on 12/10/2007 11:35:58 AM PST by blam
GGG Ping.
I thought conventional wisdom was that Cro-Mags interbred with HomoSapiens?
As I understand it, Neanderthals were different enough from modern man genetically (and it wouldn't take much) that reproduction between the two would not be possible.
A Myth? Not hardly, just look at a picture of Al Frankin.
Cro-Mags are Homo sapiens.
Standing by with the flute photo in case the thread devolves. ;>)
Originally Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon were not classed as Sapien (Wise).This designation was reserved for "us" - modern man, "Homo-sapien" (Man the Wise). However, subsequent re-thinking by some - perhaps with other than scientific agendas - caused these two early Humanoids to be re-classed as Sapien. Thus they became Homo-sapien neanderthalensis, and Homo-sapien Cro-Magnonensis, that leaves for modern Man, the really screwy "Homo-sapien sapien" (Man the Wise Wise). Though we do understand that the elevation of Cro-magnon and Neanderthal to Sapien status: Does solve a great many problems - none related to science. However, the current move to place Cro-magnon with modern man - "as Homo-sapien sapien", is really taking it too far.
http://www.realhistoryww.com/world_history/ancient/Homo_habilis_erectus_neanderthal.htm
Pardon my old school ways CM....I rely on blam for this stuff and am a willing student
It is, just some people need something to hang a grant request on. Even today a 14 year old boy will do a Knot hole, I don't think it was any different back in those days.
I believe that Neanderthals didn’t drink light beer.
Are they more closely related than chimps? Last I heard, there was about an 8% difference between neanderthal and modern man DNA, but with chimps, it is only about 1%. (Of course, a lot depends on who writes the articles one reads.)
One lives across the street from me.
Cro-Magnon was a type of modern man; all hominids apparently including the neanderthal were glorified apes. We are not related to any of them in any fashion.
The problem with rating species by intelligence is that scientists keep having to upgrade the intelligence ratings of animals, based on new discoveries.
Even some parrots have been discovered to understand the context of some abstract words, not just direct associations. That is, they understand that the word “toy” means anything they associate as specifically toys, but not non-toy objects, and “yellow toy” means only those toys which are yellow in color. This is pretty advanced as a concept in intelligence.
As far as sign language speaking gorillas, it has been noticed that they teach their own offspring to use sign language as well.
And amazingly complex problems can be solved by squirrels, who can learn to transit a veritable 3-D squirrel obstacle course in pursuit of food, in a consistent manner, once they learn to overcome given obstacles as difficult as in a video game.
No. That’s a human-manatee mix if there ever was one.
Wow, I would not have guessed lions and tigers could interbreed.
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