Did Neanderthals have sex with modern man? - »
Posted By Eagle_Eye 2 weeks, 4 days ago in Science & TechnologyWe are currently the only human species alive, but as recently as maybe 24,000 years ago another one walked the earth — the Neanderthals.
These extinct humans were the closest relatives we had, and tantalizing new hints from researchers suggest that we might have been intimately close indeed. The mystery of whether Neanderthals and us had sex might possibly get solved if the entire Neanderthal genome is reported soon as expected. The matter of why they died and we succeeded, however, remains an open question.
First recognized in the Neander Valley in Germany in 1856, Neanderthals revealed that modern humans possess a rich and complex family tree that includes now-extinct relatives.
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CHAM2 weeks, 3 days ago
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Intresting Post Eagle-Eye, but there are only two mentioned - the Neanderthals and Modern day man. What happened to Cro-Magnon?
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As I recall from the Jane Auel series, wasn't Aayla ? the heroine a Cro-Magnon and wasn't she raised by Neanderthals?
A superb series for those who may not have read her I highly recommend it. Of course that is just fiction, but maybe some truth can be found in the stories. I thoroughly enjoyed them.
And finally, aren't all three, sub-species of the same species?
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chevydog2 weeks, 3 days ago
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Very interesting. Lots of speculation possible based on "probable behavior", etc. But most will have to remain speculation in the absence of hard data. It's interesting to try to figure out the path this would have to take to get from speculation to "the way things were."
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