Neanderthals may have been wiped out due to INTERBREEDING and not because of a lack of intelligence

Daily Mail ^ | 29 April 2014 | JONATHAN O'CALLAGHAN

[Fractal Trader]

They are often depicted as dim-witted evolutionary losers, but Neanderthals were not driven to extinction by their lack of brains, a new study suggests.

Instead, it is more likely that they disappeared 40,000 years ago because of interbreeding and assimilation with our early modern human ancestors, scientists believe.

An analysis of archaeological evidence dating back 200,000 years strips away some of the myths surrounding Neanderthals and reveals they were more advanced and sophisticated than has widely been thought. Why did Neanderthals go extinct? It's often thought their lack of intelligent ultimately led to their demise, but new research suggests it may instead have been due to interbreeding and assimilation with our early modern human ancestors

Why did Neanderthals go extinct? It's often thought their lack of intelligent ultimately led to their demise, but new research suggests it may instead have been due to interbreeding and assimilation with our early modern human ancestors

The differences between the two human sub-species are not enough on their own to account for the demise of the Neanderthals, say the two US and Dutch researchers.

Dr Paola Villa, from the University of Colorado Museum, and Professor Wil Roebroeks, from Leiden University, wrote in the online journal Public Library of Science ONE: 'Genetic studies now suggest that the debate on the demise of the Neanderthals needs to be reframed in terms of some degree of interbreeding.

'In that sense, Neanderthals did not go extinct, even though their distinctive morphology did disappear.

[tennmountainman]

Doesn’t inbreeding imply a lack of intelligence?

[Bobalu]

Walter Williams is a gift from God IMO.

I don’t think God judges people based on how smart they are... I strive to do the same, I do fail sometimes, but I try.

[Rashputin]

So they were he original Aryans? Who knew?

[jrd]

we all know deep down it was Bush’s fault!

[Mercat]

My family has large skulls. Don’t know about brains although my brother was a double mensa. I wear a large men’s hat (I’m female). Also we have the ginger gene so I’m guessing we’re descended from these guys.

[BenLurkin]

So, are they the “missing link” whose DNA pushed humans into their current evolutionary stage of development?

[imardmd1]

This kind of thinking has been proposed before, from the "archaeological + New Age" standpoint:

Gobekli Tepe Report

Prepared by Halbert Katzen, J.D.
[Updated 10/26/11]

Schmidt's German-Turkish team has also uncovered some 50 of the huge pillars, including two found in his most recent dig season that are not just the biggest yet, but, according to carbon dating, are the oldest monumental artworks in the world.

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Adam and Eve Report

Excerpt:

According to The Urantia Book, which was published in 1955, the first human beings (roughly corresponding to Homo erectus) evolved about 1,000,000 years ago. It also recounts that almost 38,000 years ago Adam and Eve introduced some genetic upgrades into our gene pool, which enhanced brain function and resistance to disease (roughly corresponding with Homo sapiens sapiens). The authors extensively recount the development of the civilization that Adam and Eve started and how their descendants migrated around the world and mixed with other races. The Urantia Book provides specific information regarding time periods, places, degree of admixture with other races, and the impact on language and other aspects of culture.

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Garden of Eden Report

Garden.pdf

Updated 3/7/07

(Just sayin' -- not necessarily recommending)
Have some fun on a rainy Saturday --

[Bobalu]

So you are a red haired girl with a largish head full of brains...sounds good :-) ... a FR asset. (I love red headed gals)

[jmacusa]

Interbreeding isn’t very smart.

[imardmd1]

And a Marxist when that social approach breathed life into the flawed Darwinism in the late 1800s (survival of the fittest).

[R_Kangel]

"Neanderthals may have been wiped out due to INTERBREEDING and not because of a lack of intelligence..."

.... Of course the argument could be made that ... If they were intelligent ... they would have been interbreeding.

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

A triumph of diversity. Ooooops!

[no-to-illegals]

So, are they the “missing link” whose DNA pushed humans into their current evolutionary stage of development?

I wonder many days were the fallen angels that were spoken of as having relations with the women of Earth the cause?

[BenLurkin]

They had red hair and blue eyes

[BenLurkin]

See post 54

[R_Kangel]

"Neanderthals may have been wiped out due to INTERBREEDING and not because of a lack of intelligence..."

Ahhhhh .... It's amazing what the lack of one word makes in an argument ... Of course if I were intelligent enough ... I wouldn't have left out the word "NOT" for Pete's sake!!!

...My statement should have read: .... Of course the argument could be made that ... If they were intelligent ... they would NOT have been interbreeding.

[imardmd1]

**Doesn’t inbreeding imply a lack of intelligence?*

Do you think that holds for the crowned heads of Europe, England, and Russia? Hmm. George III; crazy, but not stupid.

[imardmd1]

So, are they the “missing link” whose DNA pushed humans into their current evolutionary stage of development decadence?

(Corrected that) /s

[fr_freak]

And then there is the fact that men have larger brains than women, but I really don’t think men are smarter than women...they are often times more driven and obsessive, but not smarter.

My experience, as a neanderthal with a large head and a large brain, has been that women can be extremely smart, but their intelligence is hindered by the female prerogative that demands they produce babies. In other words, even the smartest woman is dumb when her intelligence goes against her productive instincts. To be even more specific, women begin from a conclusion, and all their intelligence, however high it may be, attempts to justify the conclusion, wrong or right. Men begin with facts and logic, and later arrive at a conclusion. I'll leave it as an exercise for the reader which approach gives more accurate results, and by that, I mean, if you can't figure it out, you're probably a woman.

I've had the pleasure/pain of interacting with some extremely intelligent women, only to be horrified by the circuitous routes that the inteligent female brain will take to justify a faulty premise. To put it bluntly, the only difference between a stupid female and an incredibly intelligent female is the amount of IQ and time it takes to convince the female of unbending reality in the face of female desire. Thusly, I have concluded that female intelligence is a hindrance to human progression, rather than a benefit.

[BenLurkin]

Never a good idea....