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    Neanderthal genome reveals...

    that they were a distinct and intelligent species of human that most likely had the same capacity for speech and higher brain function as we do. the idea of them as "brutes" has taken another yet another and probably fatal blow. the recent research has also concluded that neanderthals and modern humans are indeed two seperate, distinct species and that despite sharing 99.5% (up to 99.9% in some neanderthal populations) of our DNA, there is no direct relationship between our two species and that there was most likely no interbreeding between the two.

    crazy when you think of it, isn't it? at one time there were two (some anthropologists would argue 3) intelligent species of hominid alive at the same time and through certain advantages (very slight less than .5% genetically) our species came out on top.

    the study also suggests that neanderthals were most likely fair haired, with red heads being the most common. just one of those weird factoids i find damn interesting.

    also damned interesting to note that modern humans and neanderthals coexisted for thousands and thousands of years in europe with one another until something (call it what you will) tipped the scale in favor of homo sapiens. for my money, it had to be something on an intellectual level and not simply brute force. we know for a fact based on bone structure that neanderthals were far, far stronger than even a very strong human, so somehow the idea that humans "exterminated" neanderthals through warfare rings dubious to me.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7886477.stm
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    maybe we were the more vicious ones?, you might be stronger than a baboon, but one of them that goes apeshit will still tear your face off even if your stronger.

    "he may have karate, but i have ka-ray-zee" comes to mind.


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    Maybe it wasn't a question of one species killing off another- maybe there was some sort of environmental change that we were better adapted to deal with? Or even some disease we were naturally immune to?
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    Not related but I just found out about this ape that was 9ft tall, skull was 3 times the size of a humans. I was watching a big foot documentry last night.

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    This is pretty crazy stuff to read, after spending my whole life with the conception of dark-haired, grunting, smashing neanderthals.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MikePizzoff View Post
    This is pretty crazy stuff to read, after spending my whole life with the conception of dark-haired, grunting, smashing neanderthals.
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