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2010 preview: Arise, Neanderthal brother
New Scientist ^ | Thursday, December 17, 2009 | Ewen Callaway

Posted on 12/19/2009 5:35:06 PM PST by SunkenCiv

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The Neandertal Enigma
by James Shreeve

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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]

1 posted on 12/19/2009 5:35:08 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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2 posted on 12/19/2009 5:36:42 PM PST by SunkenCiv (My Sunday Feeling is that Nothing is easy. Goes for the rest of the week too.)
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3 posted on 12/19/2009 5:38:04 PM PST by B-Chan (Catholic. Monarchist. Texan. Any questions?)
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4 posted on 12/19/2009 5:38:53 PM PST by SunkenCiv (My Sunday Feeling is that Nothing is easy. Goes for the rest of the week too.)
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To: SunkenCiv; Fred Nerks
Do we have a little Neanderthal in us?>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Yes we do, according to Tiger Woods.

5 posted on 12/19/2009 5:39:44 PM PST by Candor7 ((The effective weapons Against Fascism are ridicule, derision , truth (.Member NRA))
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6 posted on 12/19/2009 5:51:12 PM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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7 posted on 12/19/2009 5:53:05 PM PST by NewLand (We shall all hang together or most assuredly we will all hang separately)
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To: Candor7
"Do we have a little Neanderthal in us?"

Let's see...Fair skin...check. Red hair...check. Yep.

8 posted on 12/19/2009 5:53:11 PM PST by redhead (Redhead: That's me: Shovel ready, with the bullseye already on my back.)
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Dittoes.

And ... it explains a lot ;-)


9 posted on 12/19/2009 5:59:35 PM PST by Cloverfarm (Obama = Nixon II)
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To: redhead
For most of my life I was a "secret red head" ~ just a touch too much black/brown melanin for it to come out. Fortunately time has been kind and I've lost all that dark stuff, and the blond stuff, and the brown stuff, and now it's just more or less red and platinum.

Alas, cataract surgery took away my green eyes and gave me blue ones, but they're coming back ~ the red/yellow pigment is positively surging!

That's why it's bad to tangle with me. I'm prone to grab a club and it's up side the head, and into the cook pot.

Yum, yum!

And yessirree bob the dentist has this problem getting past that boney ridge to numb my gums.

10 posted on 12/19/2009 6:00:30 PM PST by muawiyah
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Careful, I am latently nutzo for redheads.


11 posted on 12/19/2009 6:08:05 PM PST by Candor7 ((The effective weapons Against Fascism are ridicule, derision , truth (.Member NRA))
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To: muawiyah
Yes, I should have been a little more precise in my terms. I USED to have red hair. Now, whatever is left is pretty sad. But I used to be "the little redheaded girl" everybody hated. Curly red hair, glasses, smarter than the teachers...what's to like? I'm much mellower (and grayer) these days. But "scrapper" was my middle name. Sigh... those were the days...
12 posted on 12/19/2009 6:08:29 PM PST by redhead (Redhead: That's me: Shovel ready, with the bullseye already on my back.)
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To: SunkenCiv
Do we have a little Neanderthal in us?


Any questions?

13 posted on 12/19/2009 6:37:42 PM PST by Pollster1 (Natural born citizen of the USA, with the birth certificate to prove it)
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An episode [of South Park] in 2005 focused on prejudice against "gingers" after one of the characters said people with red hair, light skin and freckles have no souls and suffer from a disease called "Gingervitus."

Did Gingervitis kill off the Neanderthals? Paleo-dentists couldn't help them because they couldn't find that nerve canal.

14 posted on 12/19/2009 6:55:33 PM PST by hellbender
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For the first time in 2009, I’m proud of our country. ;’)


15 posted on 12/19/2009 7:21:24 PM PST by SunkenCiv (My Sunday Feeling is that Nothing is easy. Goes for the rest of the week too.)
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Hey, if there were Neandertal women anywhere nearby, it would be the other way around...


16 posted on 12/19/2009 7:29:54 PM PST by SunkenCiv (My Sunday Feeling is that Nothing is easy. Goes for the rest of the week too.)
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To: SunkenCiv
“Hi, baby. Got a little Neanderthal in you?”
“Well, I don’t know—”
“Would you like a little Neanderthal in you?”
17 posted on 12/19/2009 7:32:06 PM PST by RichInOC (No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
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To: SunkenCiv
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.

Have just scanned some of the posts on this subject in the past, but aren't they really talking about an additional ancestor of only the Europeans? From some of the other comments, that's not so clear.

18 posted on 12/19/2009 7:57:41 PM PST by Will88
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To: SunkenCiv

YOu could be right about that . Tiger is a vvictim of latent Neanderthal genetic cougars!

I wonder if that will work with wifey?


19 posted on 12/19/2009 8:14:37 PM PST by Candor7 ((The effective weapons Against Fascism are ridicule, derision , truth (.Member NRA))
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To: Will88

There’s a kinda weird unsubstantiated bias, with an origin in the 19th century, that Neandertal died out, that modern humans are gracile and intellectual, while Neandertal was dumb and clumsy. :’)


20 posted on 12/19/2009 8:15:30 PM PST by SunkenCiv (My Sunday Feeling is that Nothing is easy. Goes for the rest of the week too.)
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