UM-Bot Posted October 27, 2006 #1 Share Posted October 27, 2006 A new genetic study bolsters theories of an early human-Neandertal split and is helping scientists pinpoint what makes humans unique. Controversy has long swirled in the scientific community over how closely the hairy Eurasian hunters resembled modern humans, with some researchers even claiming Neandertals (often spelled Neanderthals) were actually members of our own species, Homo sapiens. View: Full Article | Source: National Geographic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zandore Posted October 27, 2006 #2 Share Posted October 27, 2006 One more piece of the puzzle......one day we will have the whole picture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blizno Posted October 31, 2006 #3 Share Posted October 31, 2006 There isn't anything new in this story but it's still interesting. I object to the author's assertion that Neanderthals were "hairy". How does he know that? We've never had anything to study we're fairly sure came from Neanderthals other than their bones and lots of tools. We don't even know of any art made by Neanderthals. We can suspect they were hairy because they were adapted to cold, but come to think of it, human body hair is so thin it does little more than hold sweat. It probably does nothing to keep one warm unless it's very thick. We have no evidence whatsoever indicating their hairiness, their skin/hair/eye colors or even how the flesh on their faces was arranged. The nose hole is huge so they probably had big noses, and they had huge eye ridges, sloping foreheads, etc. That's all we can tell from the evidence we have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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