Neanderthals shared about 99.84 per cent of their DNA with us (Image: Action Press/Rex Features)
Neanderthals shared about 99.84 per cent of their DNA with us (Image: Action Press/Rex Features)
“...we know...”
No, you’re guessing with a tiny bit of evidence.
“The Neanderthal style of hunting often resulted in injuries, and the victims were often nursed back to health by others. But few would have survived serious lower body injuries, since individuals who could not walk might well have been abandoned. It looks as if Neanderthals had well-developed way-finding and tactical abilities, and empathy for group members, but also that they made pragmatic decisions when necessary.”
Obama-Romney care in Bedrock.
The genetic difference between us is inconsequential and I believe there is a tendency to MAGNIFY the differences between us by some scholars.
Also typical of the Neanderthal behavior was a willingness to employ the teachings of Karl Marx over and over again, despite the evidence that over and over, villages would decay and vanish after implementing Marx's systems.
Sorry, couldn't resist :)
Ah, yes, the stereotype of the Neanderthal bigot!!!!
They actually spent time wondering if neanderthals had a sense of humor?
“Knock, knock”
“We don’t have doors.”
They were angry people.
You mean they examined a FREEREPER....!
You mean they examined a FREEREPER....!
I’m not sure how you hunt large animals - meaning bigger than deer - with spears, when your living group is five to ten people. That means two or three men at most. Maybe one man and a boy.
If you start sending women up against bison with a spear, your group isn’t going to have enough babies to sustain itself. If you lose one man, your group faces starvation.
The interesting thing not mentioned here is that Black Africans are the only major group in the world that supposedly does not carry Neanderthal genes. This may sound racist, but since Africa is the most backward continent, contrary to the author’s conclusion, perhaps the Neanderthals bestowed a higher intelligence on us. They did have bigger brains.
When I saw the title, I thought it was going to be a slur on the Tea Party.
"Competing" is an euphemism. Human evolution is driven by tribal warfare. We didn't out-hunt the Neanderthals, we killed them off. Mainstream anthroplogists avoid that subject like the plague.
There is little evidence the Neanderthals were religious, while the modern humans were. That doomed the Neanderthals because religion provides a significant competitive advantage in tribal warfare. Mainstream anthropologists have selective hearing on that subject also.
If geneticists are to be believed, we shared 100 percent of our DNA with some of their women!
Why did you include that picture of Mel Brooks in your post?
