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.
It sounds like an ancient tooth has been revealed. I hope you all appreciate the cavity of the situation.
“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.
They vacationed in Fluoride ?
Totally enameled with themselves ain’t they !
If you can’t beat ‘em, dentum. What’s good for the goose is good for the tartar.
Ivory scientist dreams of a discovery like this...
“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...
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.
In a case like that it’s best to brace oneself, and hold one’s tongue. Preferably your own.
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.
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?
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
The Neandertal EnigmaFrayer'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]
by James Shreeve
You have a lot of incise in this area. You'll be the first person I turn to for tooth wisdom.
No, Neanderthal DNA is not described as halfway between a chimp’s and a modern human’s.
I will humbly share my wisdom tooth crown with you. To be selfish would be immolar.
You can keep your crown to yourself, but I’ll put you on retainer.
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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.
I’ve seen it said in similar ways a few times on FR, but haven’t looked elsewhere. :’)
http://www.freerepublic.com/~tomzz/
“This account has been banned or suspended.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1734438/posts?page=34#34
http://www.freerepublic.com/~medved/
“This account has been banned or suspended.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/582825/posts?page=32#32
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/forum/a3b2952e10307.htm#16
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