Homo Erectus/Neanderthal in North America?

Post by **Minimalist** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 8:17 pm

did it never occur to you that the neanderthal chick might have had to be pretty desperate to be interested in your average homo sapiens male of the time?

Hmmm.....I think we have a new player, here. Welcome, #246.

grunabona246 · Post by **grunabona246** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 8:31 pm

Minimalist wrote:
did it never occur to you that the neanderthal chick might have had to be pretty desperate to be interested in your average homo sapiens male of the time?

Hmmm.....I think we have a new player, here. Welcome, #246.

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thank you, minimalist. i think there may be some interesting people on this site. 246

Post by **Minimalist** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 9:26 pm

If you prefer, I'll call you 'grun'. I have this phobia about typing out whole names.

grunabona246 · Post by **grunabona246** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 1:18 am

Minimalist wrote:If you prefer, I'll call you 'grun'. I have this phobia about typing out whole names.

that's actually preferable. and do you have a preference for yourself, or does the phobia not apply to you?

grun

Beagle · Post by **Beagle** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 8:05 am

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl= ... D%26sa%3DG

Whoops, should've used tinyurl there. Here is one of many range maps for Neandertal, Gruna.

There are some people who think that his remains may yet be found in the Sahara also, since those of his predecessor, Heidelburgensis, have been.

You'll be interested in the thoughts of Eric Trinkaus also, an anthropologist who believes in early crossbreeding.

Frank Harrist · Post by **Frank Harrist** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 12:12 pm

Dang wide-ass urls!

Post by **Minimalist** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 12:15 pm

grunabona246 wrote:
Minimalist wrote:If you prefer, I'll call you 'grun'. I have this phobia about typing out whole names.

that's actually preferable. and do you have a preference for yourself, or does the phobia not apply to you?

grun

Actually, I've decided that you're Okay. You can call me Bob.

Post by **Minimalist** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 12:23 pm

"The only thing different in the fossil record is the arrival of humans," said Tattersal. "Before that, the Neandertals had been through good times and bad, warm weather and cold, and survived just fine."

I seem to recall more recent research which narrows the time frame of co-existence but, in either case, I still think the most logical means of destruction would have been the spreading of some disease-causing organism to which Neanderthal had no immunity.

grunabona246 · Post by **grunabona246** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 1:27 pm

Minimalist wrote:
grunabona246 wrote:
Minimalist wrote:If you prefer, I'll call you 'grun'. I have this phobia about typing out whole names.

that's actually preferable. and do you have a preference for yourself, or does the phobia not apply to you?

grun

Actually, I've decided that you're Okay. You can call me Bob.

okay, bob. okay.

Post by **Minimalist** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 2:20 pm

This seems timely.

http://apnews.excite.com/article/200607 ... UAIG0.html

BERLIN (AP) - U.S. and German scientists on Thursday launched a two-year project to decipher the genetic code of the Neanderthal, a feat they hope will help deepen understanding of how modern humans' brains evolved.

Neanderthals were a species that lived in Europe and western Asia from more than 200,000 years ago to about 30,000 years ago. Scientists from Germany's Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology are teaming up a company in Connecticut to map the genome, or DNA code.

Beagle · Post by **Beagle** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 2:26 pm

Min - you know I will have a long post on this - it's just busy now.

grunabona246 · Post by **grunabona246** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 2:53 pm

Minimalist wrote:This seems timely.

http://apnews.excite.com/article/200607 ... UAIG0.html

BERLIN (AP) - U.S. and German scientists on Thursday launched a two-year project to decipher the genetic code of the Neanderthal, a feat they hope will help deepen understanding of how modern humans' brains evolved.

Neanderthals were a species that lived in Europe and western Asia from more than 200,000 years ago to about 30,000 years ago. Scientists from Germany's Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology are teaming up a company in Connecticut to map the genome, or DNA code.

bob,

thanks for posting that. i'll be surprised if some evidence isn't found eventually that neanderthals are not entirely extinct.

i read a theory that red hair is a neanderthal trait.

Post by **Minimalist** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 3:06 pm

i'll be surprised if some evidence isn't found eventually that neanderthals are not entirely extinct.

I'm convinced that I used to work for one.

grunabona246 · Post by **grunabona246** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 3:13 pm

Minimalist wrote:
i'll be surprised if some evidence isn't found eventually that neanderthals are not entirely extinct.

I'm convinced that I used to work for one.

did he have red hair?

Post by **Minimalist** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 4:16 pm

He was bald.