[blam]

GGG Ping.

[gedeon3]

Hahahahahaahahahahahhaahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mewzilla]

All that from comparisons to 20 Neandertal fossil specimens?

Color me skeptical.

[353FMG]

“..Elegant Skulls”

Who are we to judge our skulls as elegant? If Neanderthal had survived they would have opined that Homo Sapiens had a featureless cranium.

[Coyoteman]

I think all skulls have their own beauty!

I have handled several thousand human skulls, most of the major fossil specimens (as casts), and a large assortment of primates and other critters. I like them all!

[SunkenCiv]

a tall glass of the usual, please:

The Neandertal Enigma
by James Shreeve

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]

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Blam.

Disraeli and Twain, Disraeli and Twain. ;')

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