Neanderthals and modern humans mated 50,000 years earlier than we thought, scientists say.

CS Monitor ^ | 02/20/2016 | By Eva Botkin-Kowacki,

[PIF]

More importantly do you know where cats go when they cannot be found?

[normbal]

Huh, imagine that. Interspecies breeding.

Will future scientists find muslim DNA in goats?

Nah, that’s a whole FAMILY’s difference, or ORDER... never mind.

[PeterMe93]

Good one...

[PUGACHEV]

I would beware of modern Neanderthal reconstructions. It's a natural human tendency to be anthropomorphic, that is to attribute human characteristics to other animals. Just a quick look at the size and position of the eye sockets in a Neanderthal skull should alert you to the fact that their appearance was nothing like ours. One researcher has concluded that from the extraordinarily large size of their eyes that Neanderthals were probably nocturnal, and has from that assumed that they likely had a slit iris, as most nocturnal animals do. As well there is no reason to believe that they lost their body hair as we did, or to assume a Caucasian skin pigmentation. The Neanderthal model he came up with is a bit of a shocker:

See also see here

[SeekAndFind]

RE: If you look, there is an article titled “Neanderthals Sang Like Sopranos,” I believe.

And now for the woo-woo factor ...

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HOW MUSIC WAS BORN (BY MEL BROOKS):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVSBxu14gdg

Handel was inspired by the Neanderthals.

[PIF]

Less like that and more like this:

http://www.themysteryofthecarpathiansphinxmovie.com/#soundtrack

[Parmy]

Even with a 50,000 year more of a head start than previously assumed !

50,000 years. Could it have been 50,001 years? Were any of these scientists around then to definitely know exactly?

[P.O.E.]

Neanderthal man

(10cc recreating a song they had done under the band name "Hotlegs")

With some Neanderthal gal dancing, to boot.

[PLMerite]

I am still so disappointed in her.

[PLMerite]

Hey, consenting Hominids, Saturday night...who am I to judge?

[BroJoeK]

PUGACHEV: "One researcher has concluded that from the extraordinarily large size of their eyes that Neanderthals were probably nocturnal, and has from that assumed that they likely had a slit iris, as most nocturnal animals do.
As well there is no reason to believe that they lost their body hair as we did, or to assume a Caucasian skin pigmentation.
The Neanderthal model he came up with is a bit of a shocker:"

Total, unmitigated rubbish, should make anybody embarrassed to suggest or repeat.

DNA analysis shows modern humans to be 99.9% the same as other modern humans and 94% of that tiny difference is amongst individuals of the same populations.
Only 6% of the difference is between different populations.

For example, and not to pick on the poor Danes (who are electing Bernie Sanders their president, iirc) but there are far more DNA differences amongst them, than between Danes and, say, Asians.

Comparing: Neanderthal DNA is 99.5% the same as modern humans, and now DNA evidence shows interbreeding, meaning they were, by definition, the same species as us.

Bottom line: there is no possible way for Neanderthals to have fundamental genetic differences from modern humans, such as suggested by these ridiculous photos.
Further, the process by which black Africans slowly evolved lighter skins in Europe took just tens of thousands of years, not the hundreds of thousands of years during which Neanderthals evolved in Europe, before humans arrived.
So there is zero likelihood that Neanderthals remained black over a much longer period than it took modern humans become pale-faces.

More realistic depictions of Neanderthals:

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks BroJoeK, I hadn’t realized that comic book garbage was back. No scientist has made any of those conclusions (extraordinary eye size, slit iris, nocturnal, beast-like hair), and the one who used to continually troll about it wound up banned, and good riddance. It’s not as if he hadn’t been banned before, under a series of nicks, and each time for good reason, and good riddance.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks PIF and BroJoeK for the pings.

KEYWORDS: neandertal; neandertals; neanderthal; neanderthals

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]

a few selections from the FRchives:

• Ancient hominids may have been seafarers [01/14/2010]
• On Crete, New Evidence of Very Ancient Mariners [02/17/2010]
• Cretan tools point to 130,000-year-old sea travel [01/03/2011]
• Anthropologist suggests Mediterranean islands inhabited much earlier than thought [11/16/2012]
• Neanderthals are almost TWICE as old as first thought: DNA suggests emerged 700,000 years ago [09/14/2015]
• Petroglyph in Spain Marks when Atlantic and Mediterranean Cultures Met [10/06/2015]
• Discovery Of 47 Teeth In Chinese Cave Changes Picture Of Human Migration Out Of Africa [10/17/2015]
• Italy's first Neanderthal dates back 250,000 years [11/06/2015]
• Thigh bone points to unexpectedly long survival of ancient human ancestors [12/17/2015]
  • Ancient human ancestor may have persisted through Ice Age [12/17/2015]
  • Mysterious 14,000-year-old leg bone may belong to archaic human species [12/20/2015]
• Latest study suggests early human dispersal into Spain through Strait of Gibraltar [01/02/2016]
• Neanderthals boosted our immune system [01/07/2016]
  • Neanderthal-human trysts may be linked to modern depression, heart disease [02/12/2016]
• Archaeologists Return to Neanderthal Cave as ISIS Pushed from Iraq [01/05/2016]
• Archaeologists Return to Neanderthal Cave as ISIS Pushed from Iraq [01/05/2016]

[oldvirginian]

They go into another dimension where they aren’t bothered by lower life forms such as dogs and humans.

[PIF]

No not really, although what you suggest is a possibility, however we do have documented proof of one place cats are historically associated with and some believe originated from:

[Daffynition]

[PIF]

Now that’s a rare one - thanks, Daffy!

[SunkenCiv]

That is, of course, why we call it the Mewn.

[JoeProBono]

[jsanders2001]

I did. The pic of Matt Moneymaker. He says things akin to...Squatches communicate by knocking on trees, Squatches are often found wherever there are coyotes, Squatches eat said type of berries or fruit. I’d just like to ask him whenever he’s viewed them doing these things and if he’s ever interviewed one so is humans can get the lowdown on their lifestyle...lol