Posted on 03/24/2015 7:28:00 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
In their climate simulations, Black and colleagues found that the largest temperature decreases after the eruption occurred in Eastern Europe and Asia and sidestepped the areas where the final Neanderthal populations were living (Western Europe). Therefore, the authors conclude that the eruption was probably insufficient to trigger Neanderthal extinction.
However, the abrupt cold spell that followed the eruption would still have significantly impacted day-to-day life for Neanderthals and early humans in Europe. Black and colleagues point out that temperatures in Western Europe would have decreased by an average of 2 to 4 degrees Celsius during the year following the eruption. These unusual conditions, they write, may have directly influenced survival and day-to-day life for Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans alike, and emphasize the resilience of anatomically modern humans in the face of abrupt and adverse changes in the environment.
(Excerpt) Read more at sciencedaily.com ...
Figure 4 in B.A. Black et al.: This image shows annually averaged temperature anomalies in excess of 3°C for the first year after the Campanian Ignimbrite (CI) eruption compared with spatial distribution of hominin sites with radiocarbon ages close to that of the eruption.
The Neandertal Enigma"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]
by James Shreeve
in local libraries
No it was caused by climate change. Just ask a liberal. They can provide all kinds if maps and charts and probably even throw in a few photographs for good measure..
Nope. It was Transfats.
Neanderthals are alive and well as part of the liberal voting block.
Thanks, but it’s just the gracile us vs clumsy old them, it originated with Virchow but has really come into its own among Master Race Replacement Theorists of the UK.
“Useful look at the anatomical differences between SOME OF us and the Neandertals.” :)
That's as far as I got.
I shall read more critically in future. I also will try and erase "Clan of the Cave Bear" from my brain Hard Drive.
Actually, they probably vote Republican.
Genetic studies show a rather significant portion of Neanderthal DNA in Europeans.
Less than 4%.
" The last glacial period was preceded by 1000 years of the coldest temperatures of the Late Pleistocene, apparently caused by the eruption of the Mount Toba volcano. The six year long volcanic winter and 1000-year-long instant Ice Age that followed Mount Toba's eruption may have decimated Modern Man's entire population. Genetic evidence suggests that Human population size fell to about 10,000 adults between 50 and 100 thousand years ago. The survivors from this global catastrophy would have found refuge in isolated tropical pockets, mainly in Equatorial Africa. Populations living in Europe and northern China would have been completely eliminated by the reduction of the summer temperatures by as much as 12 degrees centigrade."
The Toba survivor numbers have been increased substancially since this article was written. Even so, almost everyone died.
Nope—Homosapiens did them in with their Bigger brains and smarts. Bones were found with TEETH MARKS! Human teeth! the Homosapiens killed them and ate them!
A volcanic eruption in the East Indies in 1815 caused a "year without a summer" in 1816 in Europe and North America. Tens of thousands of Europeans died of starvation because the crops failed.
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