Early Humans Settled India Before Europe, Study Suggests

National Geographic ^ | 11-14-2005 | Brian Vastag

[mlc9852]

That's what I think. I think the Neanderthals don't get enough respect.

[sageb1]

""I realized that, my god, modern humans might have wiped out Homo heidelbergensis in India," he said. "Modern humans may have been responsible for wiping out all sorts of ancestors around the world.""

Yep! We modern humans suddenly appeared out of nowhere and the closest competition knew they were beat and gave up the struggle to evolve. (grin)

[From many - one.]

Thanks for this post. It accords with all my biases in terms of "where the Neanderthals went"...into us, of course.

[Old Seadog]

"Duh? The Neeander fellas used to live around here but we was too smart for'em.

[Texan5]

I agree completely-the Neanderthals were assimilated the same as other tribes/races have been over time-there is likely a bit of Neanderthal in practically everyone with european ancestry.

[Alas Babylon!]

"What we have is a much patchier, very slow and gradual accumulation of what we call modern human behavior in South Asia," Petraglia says.

"And that just simply means that culture developed in a slightly different way in South Asia than it did in Western Europe."

God forbid anyone think that Europeans might have been superior in any way.

[Jim Noble]

What actually happened to the Neanderthals?

After studying the twentieth century, can you have any doubt?

[blam]

Hybrid Neanderthal, Modern Human Child

The Neanderthal Theory

[blam]

Redheads 'Are Neanderthals'

[Fitzcarraldo]

"Modern humans may have been responsible for wiping out all sorts of ancestors around the world."

Yet another guilt trip. Obviously the extinguished species were more peaceful and lovable.

[munin]

If you read "The12th. Planet" by Zecharia Sitchin, you will find that he made this claim in 1976 and document it, but this is very interesting stuff, and each new discovery seems to back up what Sitchin wrote years ago

[munin]

Check out the "Vedas", there are lots of story's and sculptures and stuff from India that goes back at least 40000 years, you could also check out "Charriots of the Gods" and other writings by Eric Von Daniken and many other writers on antiquity

[blam]

Von Daniken is a fiction writer. Surly, you don't believe all that UFO stuff in his books, do you?

[munin]

"What actually happend to the Neanderthals?"
Their blood likely mixed with humans

They became Bulgarians?
I once knew an Bulgar that could pass for one, he was that bulky and hairy

[munin]

Actually, Von Daniken present evidence, and leave it up to you what you believe, sculptures and stuff, like those on the plains of Nazca and Vimanas [airoplanes] of India and lots more, you'd do well to read some of this with an open mind

[mlc9852]

Are you saying they weren't human? If not, how could they interbreed?

[munin]

I miss spoke, I guess , I could't think of what to call a near related specis

[From many - one.]

What I would tot up into the Neanderthal column would be wide mouths, thin lips, long philtrum because that's more chimp-ish. Reddish hair maybe...not necessarily the real red but reddish brown and wavy.

[SunkenCiv]

My pleasure.

[Drammach]

These scientists need to spend more time on Free Republic..

It would save them so much time and effort, and all their questions could be answered right here in the forums..