Neandertals extinct eh?

I always said they weren't. Several of my best mates are neandertal. And one troll (from the original Nordic idea, not the internet troll). Now the scientists have proved what I and I suspect others already knew.

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/11/06/humans-and-neanderthals-interbred_n_6116732.html

So if the neandertals bred with early humans, then how can we say they became extinct? Their genetic code lives on, literally.

 

interesting

 

I do, always put him down in surveys when it asks which celebirity you'd like to have lunch with

 

Have you been watching the 'Human Universe' documentary series with Prof Bri Cox? He puts a different spin on things. He was showing us some prehistoric cave art which has long been believed to be 40,000 years old, and created by early modern humans. But he said recent improvements in the accuracy of dating stuff now suggested the art was 43,000 years old. He pointed out that although 3000 years doesn't sound like much in the grand scheme of things, it would mean the art was created before modern humans arrived at that location, and while neandertals were still the dominant species there.

I've seen other documentaries that seem to disprove the idea that neandertals were not as skilled at making tools, and that they did not form social groups like modern humans. The latest version of the story (as far as I can keep up) seems to be not that they were less intelligent or less social, but that they were lagging well behind on the language front, so couldn't organise themselves as efficiently as modern humans, and therefore were at a tactical disadvantage when they had to clash.

 

I would guess that Homo Sapiens hunted the Nandys into extinction.

"Look what I've caught for lunch, CaveMabel!" "Oh, no, not more Nandy again."