Posted on 10/22/2023 10:17:10 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
I like the theory that Neanderthals were wiped out by global warming, and chronic sinusitis. One leading to another.
Though there are only a handful of surviving Neanderthal skulls, some have a bony protuberance in their sinuses. A seeming adaptation for extremely cold weather, it would slow down and moisturize air inhaled through the nose, a big plus when it is cold and dry out.
But when it warms up and there is higher humidity, it is a recipe for debilitating, chronic sinusitis. Even today, those cursed with a chronic sinus infection feel exhausted and weak even after a few months.
Since most living people carry Neandertal DNA, they’re not extinct, they are our ancestors.
They are humans.
“Neanderthals were humans like us, but they were a distinct species called Homo neanderthalensis.”
At this site, you can find out from the Smithsonian what is accepted in most science of human idneification:
https://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/human-fossils/species
And this doesn’t break down the sub-species in the species like homo erectus sapien and homo erectus paranthropus.
Makes you wonder just how big the grant was to do this study.
wy69
There’s two questions that needs to be asked: 1) Did Neanderthals have any vegetarians and 2) Were they smarter than Biden and Fetterman? 🤓
” ... chronic sinusitis ...”
Very interesting
Or figuring out how to survive...
Bookmark
With a Zippo lighter... 🤓
Especially if you talk to Biden, Fetterman, Liz Cheney or any RINOs and Democrats daily!!🤓
No matter what the scientists say, if Homo Sapiens and Neanderthal could inbreed and produce offspring that could reproduce them selves then they are actually the same species.
If they were different species and inbreed then the offspring would be sterile.
Much like the mule, the offspring of a donkey and a mare is sterile.
Oh I think they survived fine. Individually.
They didn’t reproduce and thus didn’t survive as a species.
In particular, neadethal women were just as big and tough as their men and (going by scars) hunted and did battle like their men.
Neo sapien sapiens, in contrast, have sexual dichotomy and specialized sex roles, which led to babies.
/bingo
Next time someone calls you a Neanderthal....
Well, that's a pretty low bar these days
Should be in the next couple of hours... ;^)
You may be confusing species with genus. The different Caninae and Felinae species are able to cross-breed. But it’s not always pretty.
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