Posted on 05/06/2010 1:42:51 PM PDT by Willie Green
“Barefoot and pregnant around the campfire made us the dominant species?”
Yeah.
“Unlike modern humans, who had developed a versatile division of labor between men and women, the entire Neanderthal population seems to have been engaged in a single main occupation, the hunting of large game, the scientists, Steven L. Kuhn and Mary C. Stiner, say in an article posted online yesterday in Current Anthropology.”
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thanks wildbill.Just adding to the catalog, not sending a general distribution. To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list.The Neandertal EnigmaFrayer'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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A humans are still breeding with them. Been to a NBA game lately?
LOL!
That would mean that black peoples DNA is up to 4% different than all other races...
Am I missing something? I don't know jack about this subject.
You're asking the wrong guy. Whatever you know, I'm sure dwarfs what I know. Plus, the story itself, when it says...
"Those of us who live outside Africa carry a little Neanderthal DNA in us," Pääbo said.The scientists compared the genome sequences for European, Asian and Africans against the Neanderthal, and found that humans outside Africa show traces.
He seems to be implying that people who live inside Africa carry more Neanderthal DNA, than those that live outside Africa, which is then contradicted in the very next paragraph. Doesn't make sense.
I think it’s more likely that Neanderthals died out because their crazy muscular bodies demanded a lot of calories — more than 50% more than a modern human does. So in times of famine or bad weather, they couldn’t find enough food to keep those muscular bodies fueled. Also, while they could sprint faster, we’re better at long distance running. So we excelled at hunting in non-forested areas.
So African Blacks are the only true pure homo sapiens and the rest of us are mixed breed? LOL. Al Sharpton should run with this one!
LOL! Excellent!
I don’t disagree at all.
I would also note that a neaderthal female would be bigger an tougher than all but the biggest and toughest homo sapien sapien, so any gene sharing was almost surely the result of neaderthal men breeding with HSS females -— although some men still like to get tossed around.
We have to close the Neanderthal gap.
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