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Neanderthals may have been ‘as intelligent’ as humans, scientists say
Daily Telegraph (UK) ^
| 8:17PM BST 01 May 2014
| Neil Murphy
Posted on 05/02/2014 2:05:26 PM PDT by Olog-hai
New research has undermined the popular belief that Neanderthals were less intelligent than Homo sapiens, and challenges the widely-held view they were forced into extinction by modern humans.
Many experts have suggested humans’ advanced culture and hunting ability caused Neanderthals to disappear from Europe over 30,000 years ago. …
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; History; Science; Society
KEYWORDS: antediluvian; godsgravesglyphs; helixmakemineadouble; intelligence; neandertal; neandertals; neanderthal; neanderthals; nephilim
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posted on
05/02/2014 2:05:26 PM PDT
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Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
They were probably smarter.
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posted on
05/02/2014 2:06:26 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: BenLurkin
I disagree. Just look at Nancy Pelosi. Neanderthals were stupider than humans.
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posted on
05/02/2014 2:07:17 PM PDT
by
BigEdLB
(Now there ARE 1,000,000 regrets - but it may be too late.)
To: Olog-hai
Uh, the “Neanderthal Man” is a hoax right?
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posted on
05/02/2014 2:08:09 PM PDT
by
PapaNew
To: Olog-hai
Did they find a copy of a Paleo Encyclopedia?
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posted on
05/02/2014 2:08:50 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
To: Olog-hai
No evidence they were a different species than homo-sapiens.
Like southeast Asians appear different from western Europeans, they are the same species.
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posted on
05/02/2014 2:10:47 PM PDT
by
Psalm 73
("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
To: BenLurkin
They were probably smarter. Different kind of smart, I reckon.
Not innovative so much as adaptive.
To: GeronL
it was splattered in a cave in Southern France..
the French have never recovered.
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posted on
05/02/2014 2:13:55 PM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
(The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Bathhouse/"Rustler" Reid? :-)
To: Olog-hai
There’s a theory that we already had a prehistoric “idiocracy” that wiped out the neanderthals.
The theory says they were more intelligent, spiritual and monogamous creatures who were defeated by savage homo sapiens who kept breeding/consuming/fighting like monkeys.
The theory also says more advanced cultures/races have a higher percentage of neanderthal DNA.
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posted on
05/02/2014 2:14:43 PM PDT
by
varyouga
To: Olog-hai
Yeah. That is why they had cell phones and the internet...
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posted on
05/02/2014 2:16:09 PM PDT
by
SECURE AMERICA
(I am an American - Not a Republican or a Democrat.)
To: skinkinthegrass
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posted on
05/02/2014 2:19:10 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
To: BenLurkin
“They were probably smarter”
And the Denisovans were good at math...
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posted on
05/02/2014 2:19:35 PM PDT
by
Jim Noble
(When strong, avoid them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise.)
To: Olog-hai
Really, this is a stupid what-if debate. There’s only one way to tell—clone a few from bone DNA. If they feel lonely, clone some mammoths. If not... turn ‘em loose.
To: Olog-hai
These same scientists cannot even tell you how intelligent you are, or your neighbor is.
TC
To: BenLurkin
They saw a nasty liberal streak developing in humans and built a spaceship and left.
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posted on
05/02/2014 2:22:25 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
To: Olog-hai
At last. It’s OK to be Neanderthal.
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posted on
05/02/2014 2:22:54 PM PDT
by
MUDDOG
To: Olog-hai
True, they didn’t vote democrap.
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posted on
05/02/2014 2:24:11 PM PDT
by
longfellow
(Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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posted on
05/02/2014 2:39:34 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
Thanks Olog-hai.
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]
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05/02/2014 2:40:29 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: SECURE AMERICA
Neither did anyone have that prior to 30 years ago.
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05/02/2014 2:41:27 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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