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Tooth Scan Reveals Neanderthal Mobility
Psysorg - AP ^ | 1-9-2008 | Elena Becatoros - AP

Posted on 02/09/2008 6:25:24 PM PST by blam

Tooth Scan Reveals Neanderthal Mobility

By ELENA BECATOROS, Associated Press Writer

A 40,000-year-old tooth is seen in this undated hand out photo released by Greek Culture Ministry. Analysis of the tooth uncovered in southern Greece indicates for the first time that Neanderthals may have traveled more widely than previously thought, paleontologists announced on Friday, Feb. 8, 2008. (AP Photo/Greek Culture Ministry)

(AP) -- Analysis of a 40,000-year-old tooth found in southern Greece suggests Neanderthals were more mobile than once thought, paleontologists said Friday.

Analysis of the tooth - part of the first and only Neanderthal remains found in Greece - showed the ancient human had spent at least part of its life away from the area where it died.

"Neanderthal mobility is highly controversial," said paleoanthropologist Katerina Harvati at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany.

Some experts believe Neanderthals roamed over very limited areas, but others say they must have been more mobile, particularly when hunting, Harvati said.

Until now, experts only had indirect evidence, including stone used in tools, Harvati said. "Our analysis is the first that brings evidence from a Neanderthal fossil itself," she said.

The findings by the Max Planck Institute team were published in the Journal of Archaeological Science.

The tooth was found in a seaside excavation in Greece's southern Peloponnese region in 2002.

The team analyzed tooth enamel for ratios of a strontium isotope, a naturally occurring metal found in food and water. Levels of the metal vary in different areas.

Eleni Panagopoulou of the Paleoanthropology-Speleology Department of Southern Greece said the tooth's levels of strontium showed that the Neanderthal grew up at least 12.5 miles from the discovery site.

"Our findings prove that ... their settlement networks were broader and more organized than we believed," Panagopoulou said.

Clive Finlayson, an expert on Neanderthals and director of the Gibraltar Museum, disagreed with the finding's significance.

"I would have been surprised if Neanderthals didn't move at least 20 kilometers (12.5 miles) in their lifetime, or even in a year ... We're talking about humans, not trees," Finlayson said.


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To: blam; Rennes Templar; LexBaird; mikrofon; martin_fierro; lowbridge; trooprally; Larry Lucido; ...
...40,000-year-old tooth...

These kinds of unSWAGs I just give the brush-off.


The team analyzed tooth enamel for ratios of a strontium isotope, a naturally occurring metal found in food and water. Levels of the metal vary in different areas.

It seems to have Crested HERE.


"I would have been surprised if Neanderthals didn't move at least 20 kilometers (12.5 miles) in their lifetime, or even in a year ... We're talking about humans, not trees," Finlayson said.

Finlayson believes that these clods moved laterally while regular evolutionary hypothesists believe they moved up the food chain. ; ^ )

The trees woodn't make a comment.




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21 posted on 02/09/2008 9:18:56 PM PST by The Spirit Of Allegiance (Public Employees: Honor Your Oaths! Defend the Constitution from Enemies--Foreign and Domestic!)
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To: The Spirit Of Allegiance
"...40,000-year-old tooth..."

It sounds like an ancient tooth has been revealed. I hope you all appreciate the cavity of the situation.

22 posted on 02/09/2008 9:27:48 PM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: The Spirit Of Allegiance

“The trees woodn’t make a comment.”

Why not? Seems like they should be able to get to the root of a problem like this. Of course, they may have a policy, “don’t ask, dental”. Or, they just don’t want to gum up the works.


23 posted on 02/09/2008 9:28:04 PM PST by Rennes Templar ("The future ain't what it used to be".........Yogi Berra)
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To: The Spirit Of Allegiance

They vacationed in Fluoride ?

Totally enameled with themselves ain’t they !


24 posted on 02/09/2008 9:29:34 PM PST by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet. ©)
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To: The Spirit Of Allegiance

If you can’t beat ‘em, dentum. What’s good for the goose is good for the tartar.


25 posted on 02/09/2008 9:33:17 PM PST by Attention Surplus Disorder (We've checked, and all your zeroes are OK. We're still working on your ones.)
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To: Rennes Templar

Ivory scientist dreams of a discovery like this...


26 posted on 02/09/2008 9:33:56 PM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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“Eleni Panagopoulou of the Paleoanthropology-Speleology Department”

Sounds suspiciously like Pangaea. Is this person a mouth-piece for the Global Plate Movement? I mean, Palate...


27 posted on 02/09/2008 9:42:47 PM PST by The Spirit Of Allegiance (Public Employees: Honor Your Oaths! Defend the Constitution from Enemies--Foreign and Domestic!)
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To: The Spirit Of Allegiance

Her name sounds like a mouthful. I was going to try to make a pun out of it, but I know better than to bite off more than I can chew. I can usually come up with something in a matter of minutes, but that would take me more than a decayed.


28 posted on 02/09/2008 9:50:07 PM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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In a case like that it’s best to brace oneself, and hold one’s tongue. Preferably your own.


29 posted on 02/09/2008 9:52:15 PM PST by The Spirit Of Allegiance (Public Employees: Honor Your Oaths! Defend the Constitution from Enemies--Foreign and Domestic!)
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To: BobS; blam
"I just ate a T-bone steak that was from a mammoth. Mmmm. Burp!"

Wait'll you get a chance to eat a T-bone from a T-Rex!
Best qualities of steak and chicken you can get!

By the way, don't ask for a drumstick. It'll flip your car over.

30 posted on 02/09/2008 9:57:05 PM PST by NicknamedBob (When will John McCain realize those MSM slaps on the back were just posting "Kick Me!" signs?)
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To: blam
good golly - they weren't sedentary farmers - I would think that one would think - that they were hunter/gatherers, and would follow the seasons, much like most early peoples did.

The Laplanders and other nomads of today still do - The Native Americans traveled great distances from winter quarters to summer quarters - weather and food were the determinant - well, that's what my theory would be.

Just WOW. The person died a whole 12.5 miles from where he grew up! They probably covered that distance in a days hunting.

Why would anyone think that 12.5 miles was even a different area?

31 posted on 02/09/2008 9:59:58 PM PST by maine-iac7 (",,,but you can't fool all of the people all the time" LINCOLN)
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Doctoral Student Makes Discovery On Neanderthal Eating Habits
G W Hatchett.com | 2-7-2008 | Michael Moffett
Posted on 02/07/2008 6:01:50 PM EST by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1966704/posts


32 posted on 02/09/2008 10:00:46 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______________________Profile updated Wednesday, January 16,)
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To: The Spirit Of Allegiance
Here's an incisive comment.
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]

33 posted on 02/09/2008 10:01:37 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______________________Profile updated Wednesday, January 16,)
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To: The Spirit Of Allegiance
"In a case like that it’s best to brace oneself, and hold one’s tongue. Preferably your own."

You have a lot of incise in this area. You'll be the first person I turn to for tooth wisdom.

34 posted on 02/09/2008 10:03:29 PM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: jeddavis

No, Neanderthal DNA is not described as halfway between a chimp’s and a modern human’s.


35 posted on 02/09/2008 10:04:31 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______________________Profile updated Wednesday, January 16,)
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To: Joe 6-pack; SunkenCiv

I will humbly share my wisdom tooth crown with you. To be selfish would be immolar.


36 posted on 02/09/2008 10:11:34 PM PST by The Spirit Of Allegiance (Public Employees: Honor Your Oaths! Defend the Constitution from Enemies--Foreign and Domestic!)
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To: The Spirit Of Allegiance

You can keep your crown to yourself, but I’ll put you on retainer.


37 posted on 02/09/2008 10:16:35 PM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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38 posted on 02/09/2008 10:17:38 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______________________Profile updated Wednesday, January 16,)
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Please do a virtual edit on “Blast from the Past. Just adding to the catalog, not sending a general distribution.” I think I’d better just head to bed.


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I’ve seen it said in similar ways a few times on FR, but haven’t looked elsewhere. :’)

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40 posted on 02/09/2008 10:24:12 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______________________Profile updated Wednesday, January 16,)
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