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Posted on 08/25/2008 4:27:06 PM PDT by Soliton
Research by UK and American scientists has struck another blow to the theory that Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis) became extinct because they were less intelligent than our ancestors (Homo sapiens). The research team has shown that early stone tool technologies developed by our species, Homo sapiens, were no more efficient than those used by Neanderthals. Published today (26 August) in the Journal of Human Evolution, their discovery debunks a textbook belief held by archaeologists for more than 60 years.
The team from the University of Exeter, Southern Methodist University, Texas State University, and the Think Computer Corporation, spent three years flintknapping (producing stone tools). They recreated stone tools known as 'flakes,' which were wider tools originally used by both Neanderthals and Homo sapiens, and 'blades,' a narrower stone tool later adopted by Homo sapiens. Archaeologists often use the development of stone blades and their assumed efficiency as proof of Homo sapiens' superior intellect. To test this, the team analysed the data to compare the number of tools produced, how much cutting-edge was created, the efficiency in consuming raw material and how long tools lasted.
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My theory is that Neanderthal women were such butt-ugly redheads that not even their own males would breed with them. You never see one in the Geico commercials do you?
And maybe like modern college professors, they didn’t have time for kids any more.
“My theory is that Neanderthal women were such butt-ugly redheads that not even their own males would breed with them.”
I think you’re on to something...there’s got to be a reason that cave women were dragged around by the hair.
There’s no such thing as a butt-ugly redhead. :’)
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Dye.
The discovery is said to be rare and a valuable resource The site was first discovered in 1900
Neanderthal tools were just as efficient as those made by our ancestors Neanderthals (l) were different from our species (r), but not inferior
Britain’s last Neanderthals were more sophisticated than we thought
University College London | Jun 23, 2008 | Unknown
Posted on 06/23/2008 9:58:11 AM PDT by decimon
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“My theory is that Neanderthal women were such butt-ugly redheads that not even their own males would breed with them.”
I’m certain I dated her once.
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