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 Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 11:59 am |
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http://www.livescience.com/history/091106-origins-neanderthal.html
"They were probably less brutish and more like modern humans than
commonly portrayed. Their brains were at least as large as ours. They
controlled fire, expertly made stone tools, were proficient hunters,
lived complex social groups and buried their dead. The discovery of
the remains of an adult male Neanderthal with severely deformed arm
bones, suggesting a major disability perhaps since childhood, hints
they may have taken care of their sick. Genetic research even suggests
they might have shared basic language capabilities with modern
humans."
Why did Neanderthals go extinct?
"However, if Neanderthals did coincide with modern humans until 24,000
years ago, then we might not have had anything to do with their
disappearance. Instead, evolutionary biologist Clive Finlayson at the
Gibraltar Museum in Spain speculates the Neanderthals fell victim to a
cooling of the climate that deteriorated their environment too rapidly
for them to adapt."
Comments, please.
David Christainsen - Meteorologist |
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