Deals with evolution and our believed ancestors.
2006-09-12 12:43:53 · 8 answers · asked by spoelee23 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Neanderthals
A group of late archaic humans from Europe, the Near East, and central Asia that immediately preceded the first modern humans in those regions. The Neanderthals are included by some within the species Homo sapiens, recognizing their close affinities to modern humans; others place them in their own species, Homo neanderthalensis, emphasizing the differences between them and modern humans.
The first recognized Neanderthal remains were found in the Neander Valley near Düsseldorf, Germany, in 1856. Since then the remains of several hundred Neanderthals have been discovered. Since the Neanderthals were the first humans to bury their dead, a number of largely complete skeletons are preserved, providing detailed knowledge of their biology. See also Early modern humans.
In the early twentieth century, when Neanderthals were the only archaic humans known, they were reconstructed as semihuman, dull-witted, and brutish. Hence their popular image was that of the archtypical cavemen. They are now recognized as relatively recent members of the human lineage; they lived between about 125,000 and 36,000 years ago (and as late as 30,000 years ago in certain isolated regions), as compared with earlier members of the genus Homo who extend back more than 2 million years. The Neanderthals share many features with modern humans both anatomically and behaviorally. Yet, a number of important contrasts between them and more recent humans are recognized.
2006-09-12 20:25:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Homo neaneerthalus has been proven to not be an ancestor of modern humans and the old theory that we were able to interbreed has been proven false. They were adapted for a different environment than modern humans who lived at the same time. DNA evidence has shown that we are not closely related and they have not been able to find any mrna evidence to show inbreeding.
2006-09-12 19:51:49 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
LOOL Joachin! I love your humor. We have been proven not to have descended from Neanderthals
2006-09-16 07:19:17 · answer #3 · answered by a_phantoms_rose 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi. A promising species, but not smart enough to survive.
2006-09-12 19:47:00 · answer #4 · answered by Cirric 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I believe that they died out with the ice age. They were the beginning transformation from homosapien to homoerectus...
2006-09-12 19:46:17 · answer #5 · answered by Ginny 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
they were said to be very heart centered beings who showed no interest whatever in politics or nascar. ;-)
2006-09-12 20:00:24 · answer #6 · answered by drakke1 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think they survived and became creationists
2006-09-13 16:19:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't.
2006-09-14 00:15:42 · answer #8 · answered by Mimi Kitty 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋