Posted on 02/02/2006 11:47:20 AM PST by blam
The Neandertal EnigmaFrayer'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]
by James Shreeve
New Study Reveals Neanderthals Were As Good At Hunting As Early Modern Humans
Science Daily | 1-19-2006 | University Of Chicago
Posted on 01/19/2006 11:28:01 AM PST by blam
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Thoughtful Hunters (Neanderthals)
Leiden University | 1-2-2006
Posted on 01/02/2006 11:59:40 AM PST by blam
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Neanderthal Man Floated Into Europe, Say Spanish Researchers
The Guardian (UK) | 1-16-2006 | Giles Tremlett
Posted on 01/16/2006 3:13:24 PM PST by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1559199/posts
Redating The Latest Neanderthals In Europe
Washington University-St Louis | 1-5-2006 | Neil Schoenherr
Posted on 01/05/2006 3:34:12 PM PST by blam
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New reconstruction of Krapina 5, a male Neandertal cranial vault from Krapina, Croatia
Wiley InterScience / American Journal of Physical Anthropology | Jan 4 2006 | Rachel Caspari, Jakov Radovi
Posted on 01/09/2006 9:20:13 AM PST by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1554679/posts
"We are Neanderthals, they became us."
The only problem with this is that they were contemporary with modern, homo sapiens sapiens (as opposed to homo sapiens neanderthalensis). The latest neanderthal fossil is something like 28 thousand years old, and sapiens sapiens goes back 100k or so. And I have to tell you, these people were as different as dogs and cats. There's no way in hell neanderthal just morphed into modern man - especially with modern man running around side-by-side.
"their voice box is quite high in the throat"
And they also had a flat palate, unlike our own rounded ones, which would have limited their range of words somewhat. Some folks say they talked like children, if they talked at all.
I think you are onto something. If all women looked like Cindy Sheehan, the choice between that and becoming gay would basically force me into celibacy and the species would die off in that generation.
The Neandertal EnigmaFrayer'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]
by James Shreeve
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