[SunkenCiv]

The Neandertal Enigma
by James Shreeve
in local libraries

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]

[Dallas59]

One’s still alive in the White House....and it has a mate.

[nickcarraway]

Can we sue?

[ClearCase_guy]

The researchers acknowledge that there are gaps in the volcanoes theory. For instance, the time line needs to be better defined -- did the volcanic eruptions occur in a period of months, years, or decades? ...It's also unknown exactly how long it took the Neanderthals to die out -- or how long after the eruptions modern humans began settling Europe in force, she said.

What caused "all the volcanoes" to erupt "around the same time"? We don't know.
What's the timeline for this event? We don't know.
How long did it take them to die out? We don't know.
How did this effect human settlements? We don't know.

Why are you publishing such an empty paper? Hey, I'm looking for tenure, man.

[Dallas59]

[mike-zed]

I think we all know that this is BS. GWB killed off the Neanderthals.

[djf]

Baloney.

It was bedbugs.
BIG bedbugs!

[mosesdapoet]

I see these comparisons of 5,000 years , 4,000 years etc. What baffles me the indiginous natives of Australia have been reported to go back 40,000 years.If not. Just how long has this group been living there ? How did they get there ? Where did they come from ?

[Gondring]

ping

[bunkerhill7]

Iceland Volcanoes Killed Off Neanderthals, Study Suggests -

They choked to Death on the smoke- Cro-Magnon, on the other hand, decided not to fly anywhere til the skies were clear.

[kbennkc]

I have a boney ridge and I want reparations for what these cro maggots did to my peeps. Turning the volcanoes on us is just how those cracker magnons will do you.

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

only after the Neanderthals were gone did Homo sapiens populations explode

It was Cro-Muslim suicide bombers!

[TheOldLady]

So many theories, so little certainty.

Interesting read.

[PIF]

Another interesting tidbit:

Neanderthals sang like sopranos
http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s1323798.htm

“all the volcanoes apparently erupted around the same time” apparently refers to several European volcanos, but the time period is geological not linear. Exact dates are not known: the eruptions may have been separated by hundreds or thousands of years, and neither is the all important question of eruption duration known.

So take this theory with a huge dose of NaCl.