| Tango01 | 07 May 2015 10:55 p.m. PST |
"New research shows that modern humans settled Europe in two waves along distinct routes, coincidentally arriving about the time the Neanderthals disappeared, writes Darren Curnoe. Fossils and DNA strongly suggest we shared a common ancestor with them, genetic clocks placing the split between us in the range of 550,000 to 765,000 years ago. Our fascination stems from the fact they are our closest evolutionary cousins; we have hundreds of fossils from them, so have a pretty good idea what they looked like; and they were the first extinct human species we knew about, with Neanderthal bones found discovered in the first half of the 19th century…"
Full article here
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Armand |
| Pictors Studio | 08 May 2015 3:23 a.m. PST |
I've thought so for a while now. Our "original sin." |
GamesPoet  | 08 May 2015 4:50 a.m. PST |
A good read, thank you for posting the link! : ) |
| vtsaogames | 08 May 2015 6:13 a.m. PST |
Current DNA testing indicates that Homo Sapiens also cross-bred with Neanderthals. |
| wminsing | 08 May 2015 7:07 a.m. PST |
This is one of those topics that seems to swing like a pendulum back and forth between 'we killed them all' and 'no, we married 'em'. I suspect it was really a combination of both. :) -Will |
| vtsaogames | 08 May 2015 8:07 a.m. PST |
Married some, killed the rest? Sounds like modern times. |
| witteridderludo | 08 May 2015 9:12 a.m. PST |
More likely raped than married them… |
| wminsing | 08 May 2015 10:11 a.m. PST |
well, interbred with them. Too late to know how much was consensual or not. -Will |
| Tango01 | 08 May 2015 10:13 a.m. PST |
Glad you enjoyed it my friend. Amicalement
Armand |
| Cacique Caribe | 08 May 2015 1:06 p.m. PST |
How dare you guys insinuate such things! All early hominids and ancestors of modern Man (Neanderthal, Erectus, Denisovan, Sapiens) were all gentle, peace-loving, spiritual people, with a deep reverence for all life, who never competed with each other for the vast natural resources available in ancient times! :) And any teeth marks on remains found were all from "love bites". :) Evil was first introduced into the world by later Europeans and their descendants, or so we are taught these days. Dan
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 Jlundberg | 09 May 2015 4:12 p.m. PST |
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| OSchmidt | 13 May 2015 12:49 p.m. PST |
Dear Dan Snicker snicker-- loved it I wished I could say more. Excellent avoidance of dawghousing. Otto |
