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Neanderthals may have been wiped out by EAR INFECTIONS: Scientists say complications of the common..
dm ^ | 9/20/2019 | jack elsom

Posted on 09/20/2019 11:41:54 AM PDT by RummyChick

Ear infections likely killed off the Neanderthals, according to scientists who claim to have cracked the mystery surrounding the species' extinction.

While antibiotics are taken for granted in the modern world, a lack of sophisticated medicine 40,000 years ago is believed to have seen the archaic species suffer from the common childhood illness and then perish.

Moreover, Neanderthals were more prone to contracting an ear infection as they had smaller ears, providing a tighter space for bacteria to become clogged up.

This is believed to have led to breathing and hearing problems and pneumonia.

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KEYWORDS: evolution; godsgravesglyphs; jackelsom; morelimeycrap; neandertal; neandertals; neanderthal; neanderthals; nonsense; rudolfvirchow
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1 posted on 09/20/2019 11:41:54 AM PDT by RummyChick
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They survived multiple ice ages and warm periods.


2 posted on 09/20/2019 11:42:27 AM PDT by tbw2
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Or STDS..................


3 posted on 09/20/2019 11:43:12 AM PDT by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain......................)
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Earache my eye! How’d you like a butt ache!


4 posted on 09/20/2019 11:45:31 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (As always IMHO)
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These so called scientists have too much time on their hands.


5 posted on 09/20/2019 11:46:10 AM PDT by mosaicwolf
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“Ear infections likely killed off the Neanderthals...” This bit of science brought to you by the same schmoes pushing man-made global warming.


6 posted on 09/20/2019 11:47:05 AM PDT by Tallguy (Facts be d@mned! The narrative must be protected at all costs!)
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I thought they died of JUUL.


7 posted on 09/20/2019 11:49:02 AM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
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Ear infections likely killed off the Neanderthals

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How do we explain Ted Kennedy?

8 posted on 09/20/2019 11:50:25 AM PDT by a little elbow grease (... to err is human, to admit it divine ...)
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tic toc neanderthals... tic toc...


9 posted on 09/20/2019 11:50:28 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
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A MESSAGE Brought to You by BIG PHARMA:

Take your pills or else off off like the cavemen did.


10 posted on 09/20/2019 11:50:43 AM PDT by TheNext (Leader of the Happy People of the World)
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... die off


11 posted on 09/20/2019 11:51:41 AM PDT by TheNext (Leader of the Happy People of the World)
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Neanderthals may have been wiped out by EAR INFECTIONS:

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Ear infections brought on by Global Cooling

12 posted on 09/20/2019 11:52:01 AM PDT by a little elbow grease (... to err is human, to admit it divine ...)
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balderdash

They were wiped out by Homo Sapiens and their pre-frontal cortex. Compared to Neanderthals, Homo Sapiens are sociopaths; Always scheming; always exploiting; often stabbing each other in the back when they weren’t working together for advantage.

The difference would be stark if they were alive today to demonstrate side by side, but there’s nothing to compare it too. There’s a reason why modern humans love reality shows like Survivor where scheming, backstabbing, and alliances are the hook. Neanderthals would be saying “there go those a$$****s again”


13 posted on 09/20/2019 11:52:30 AM PDT by z3n
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This discovery gives me hope for a natural extinction event for tone-deaf, big mouth democRats.


14 posted on 09/20/2019 11:53:44 AM PDT by bluejean (I'm becoming a cranky old person. It really annoys me.)
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Should You Pluck Your Dog's Ear Hair?
15 posted on 09/20/2019 11:53:52 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (Carthago delenda est)
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Nope, nope, I think it was hangnails, really bad hangnails killed them off. ;-)

But seriously, what an unexpected, almost off-the-wall conclusion... Earaches! Not saying they’re wrong, but you’ve got to admit, it’s totally out of left field.


16 posted on 09/20/2019 11:56:35 AM PDT by LibWhacker
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Untreated Tooth decay and gingivitis can also kill an individual. But I think it’s quite a stretch to think that bacterial infections caused a global extinction.


17 posted on 09/20/2019 11:57:30 AM PDT by Spruce
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More garbage science, i wonder what government grant money they are going after or justifying...


18 posted on 09/20/2019 12:06:26 PM PDT by DanielRedfoot (CNN Is fake news)
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Neanderthals have not died out, they are alive and mentally sick in the rat party.


19 posted on 09/20/2019 12:07:01 PM PDT by redfreedom
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Come on, everybody knows it was smoking that killed them off.


20 posted on 09/20/2019 12:07:19 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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