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Dying young did not cause Neanderthals' demise
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| January 10, 2011
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Posted on 01/10/2011 3:37:03 PM PST by decimon
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01/10/2011 3:37:05 PM PST
by
decimon
To: SunkenCiv
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01/10/2011 3:37:53 PM PST
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decimon
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]
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01/10/2011 3:59:09 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
To: decimon
"why the Neanderthals disappeared just as modern humans were making huge gains"
Neanderthal women were not as appealing once the human chicks showed up?
To: decimon; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
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01/10/2011 4:02:18 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
To: Deaf Smith
That’s never the real answer. Human beings in established areas clearly show a preference for sex.
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01/10/2011 4:13:20 PM PST
by
muawiyah
To: SunkenCiv
I will down load to my kindle if available, I hope it is better than you last recommendation on the Middle Ages Warming Period by Brian Fagan, global warming nut.
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posted on
01/10/2011 4:27:34 PM PST
by
Little Bill
(Harry Browne is a Poofter.)
To: decimon
It’s rather strange how we sort other creatures into species, sub-species etc., but we only have ONE homo-sapiens.
Take cows, for instance: why Friesians, Guernseys and Jerseys??? They all have four legs and hairy coats.
Perhaps we should sort ourselves out by hair/eye/skin color, height, weight and attitude.
Then we might understand how Neanderthals got absorbed and their features subsumed.
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posted on
01/10/2011 4:37:48 PM PST
by
sodpoodle
(Despair; man's surrender. Laughter; God 's redemption.)
To: SunkenCiv; blam
Blam you might be interested in this. To late for me and no one got et. Remnant culture?
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posted on
01/10/2011 4:44:11 PM PST
by
Little Bill
(Harry Browne is a Poofter.)
To: Little Bill
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posted on
01/10/2011 4:46:24 PM PST
by
Little Bill
(Harry Browne is a Poofter.)
To: Little Bill
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01/10/2011 4:50:52 PM PST
by
blam
To: SunkenCiv
"Only the good die young and we partied very, very good".
To: decimon
They didn't disappear.
They were absorbed.
There is plenty of Neanderthal DNA in Homo Sapiens.
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01/10/2011 5:46:16 PM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
('If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun." -- Barry Soetoro, June 11, 2008)
To: sodpoodle
To: decimon; SunkenCiv
I just read Graham Hancock’s “Entangled”. Fast read; I read all 453 pages in one day. Might be a good book for you Neanderthal fans out there.
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posted on
01/11/2011 7:13:18 AM PST
by
Renfield
(Turning apples into venison since 1999!)
To: Renfield; blam; SunkenCiv
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01/11/2011 7:41:23 AM PST
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decimon
To: blam
That is kind of Lamarkian, but then again I have my doubts about about the Out Of Africa theory.
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01/11/2011 9:41:11 AM PST
by
Little Bill
(Harry Browne is a Poofter.)
To: Little Bill
"I have my doubts about about the Out Of Africa theory." Me too.
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01/11/2011 9:45:04 AM PST
by
blam
To: blam
Thank God, I though I was alone. One of the things that always puzzled me and still does is why migrations always seem East To West, North to South, or the center to extremes. A navy Captain in a book I read MANY years ago said that if you want to find the earlier cultures look at the tips of Continents.
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01/11/2011 10:08:43 AM PST
by
Little Bill
(Harry Browne is a Poofter.)
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