Moderators: MichelleH, Minimalist, JPeters
Min, the interesting point is this: upon HS arrival in Europe somewhere between 40kya and 45kya there is no great difference in toolkit technology between the two groups. Eons later the two groups diverge. It seems to me that improvements were diffusing from somewhere other than Europe. I can hear the Eurocentrists coming after me now.Yeah....in a little bit more time it may turn out that there was no significant difference at all.
It's amazing to me that this would be newsworthy. Neanderthal actually moved around. John Hawks wrote an opinion on this article saying, "They weren't trees, they were humans!". Neanderthal news is getting more and more ridiculous.ATHENS — Analysis of a 40,000-year-old tooth found in southern Greece suggests Neanderthals were more mobile than once believed, paleontologists and the Greek Culture Ministry said Friday.
Analysis of the tooth — part of the first and only Neanderthal remains found in Greece — showed the ancient human to whom it belonged had spent at least part of its life away from the area where it died.
"Neanderthal mobility is highly controversial," said paleoanthropology Professor Katerina Harvati at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany.
Some experts believe Neanderthals roamed over very limited areas, but others say they must have been more mobile, particularly when hunting, Harvati explained.
As long as scientists keep this attitude they won't be making any impressive discoveries soon. To go out on a limb to mention that a Neanderthal might have traveled 12.5 miles in its lifetime is, quite frankly, stupid and I share deep concern for a member of our own species coming up with the comment. Neanderthals walked in a similar manner to HS and could probably cover 12.5 miles on a daily hunt.They were literally so stupid that they sat on their asses in a depleted area and starved to death. No wonder they went extinct!
A good article about the dreaded hyoid bone. It puts to rest some of the doubts about Neanderthal speech.Our gift of the gab is all due to a small horseshoe-shaped bone suspended in the muscles of our neck, like a piece of fruit trapped in Jell-O.
The hyoid bone, which is the only bone in the body not connected to any other, is the foundation of speech and is found only in humans and Neanderthals.
Some people would say that a wolf pack can do that Dig. But as you say, there is no question about Neanderthal speech.conducting a hunt of an animal, several times your size, and beter armed, on an open plain, without discussing tactics
