[SunkenCiv]

And the parade of stupidity just keeps marching over the cliff. The reason for the continued mystification over and failure to agree about the extinction of Neandertal is, the Neandertal didn't go extinct.

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]

[SunkenCiv]

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[ElkGroveDan]

Another reason I don’t buy this is the implication of their reasoning; i.e. that Neanderthals previously lived in a warmer climate and didn’t need to know how to make warm clothing.

Their very body characteristics indicate that they evolved in cold and harsh environs. As their ancestors (Heidelbergensis?) migrated into Europe they surely had to adapt and find ways to use animal skins and eventually some kind of warm clothing as they found colder and colder winters.

I really hate these snap-of-the-fingers theories where things went from A to B overnight.

[SIDENET]

By the time some Neanderthals developed sewing tools it was too little too late, said Gilligan...

Gilligan's got skilz.

[wildbill]

sew what?

[AlaskaErik]

The important tools developed by modern humans included stone blades, bone points and eventually needles, which could cut and pierce hides to sew them together into multi-layered clothes including underwear, said Gilligan...

I wonder if the guys wore boxers or briefs.

[AlaskaErik]

Too bad they didn't make it. The Army would have an easier time finding new recruits. Semper Fi!

[Fred Nerks]

http://www.azete.com/preview/22117

Examination of The Winton Dinosaur Project

‘Findings in the Queensland, Australia Winton Dinosaur project show that the sauropod named “Elliot” may have died with his mate by his side (Salleh 2003). Anna Salleh from ABC Science Online discusses the new fossil evidence found by Dr. Steve Salisbury from the University of Queensland, who is one of the leading researchers on the Winton Project (2003)...’

(Anna Salleh, an incurable romantic, describes how two dino’s chose to die together rather than be seperated...)

[FreedomCalls]

The reason for the continued mystification over and failure to agree about the extinction of Neandertal is, the Neandertal didn't go extinct.

[Dustbunny]

Neanderthals probably froze to death in the last ice age because rapid climate change caught them by surprise

More theory! Guess the grant money is running low. /sarc