Neanderthal Thread: Cave fires & rhino skull used in Neanderthal burial rituals

[derspiess]

Neanderthals are a social construct.

[lustindarkness]

Do Neanderthals get their own bathrooms?

[Malthus]

Do Neanderthals get their own bathrooms?

Only the Neanderthals in North Carolina.

Apparently, they make up a large block of voters there. 

[The Brain]

Neanderthals are a social construct.

Encino Man maybe.

Oh "social", nm.

[Valmy]

They should not be insulted by comparison to the ridiculous and decadent Byzantines.

The Neanderthals smashed stalagmites, the Byzantines smashed icons. The Stalagmitoclasts they were called.

[Malthus]

They should not be insulted by comparison to the ridiculous and decadent Byzantines.

The Neanderthals smashed stalagmites, the Byzantines smashed icons. The Stalagmitoclasts they were called.

In response, their leader was later nicknamed "Throg Coprolitenymus" by the Stalagmitdules.

[11B4V]

"Throg build fire! Throg smash stalagmite! Or is it stalactite? Throg can never remember! Anyway, Throg pile!"

Yeah not cognitively inferior at all. It's fucking Hagia Sophia is what it is.

Neanderthal's get no respect. They are like the Mexicans of the Homo genus.

[lustindarkness]

"Throg build fire! Throg smash stalagmite! Or is it stalactite? Throg can never remember! Anyway, Throg pile!"

Yeah not cognitively inferior at all. It's fucking Hagia Sophia is what it is.

Neanderthal's get no respect. They are like the Mexicans of the Homo genus.

Now now, no need for insults, Neanderthals are not that bad.

[Malthus]

"Throg build fire! Throg smash stalagmite! Or is it stalactite? Throg can never remember! Anyway, Throg pile!"

Yeah not cognitively inferior at all. It's fucking Hagia Sophia is what it is.

Neanderthal's get no respect. They are like the Mexicans of the Homo genus.

Now now, no need for insults, Neanderthals are not that bad.

For one, there were no sunglasses to tempt them.

[Razgovory]

I'm a bit skeptical.  If this is true, then Neanderthals had behavioral modernity over 100,000 years before modern humans.  If that was true, why didn't Neanderthals spread across the globe and out compete homo sapiens?

[The Brain]

I'm a bit skeptical.  If this is true, then Neanderthals had behavioral modernity over 100,000 years before modern humans.  If that was true, why didn't Neanderthals spread across the globe and out compete homo sapiens?

WC isn't the only way to play.

[jimmy olsen]

Of course the real irony of Brain's comment is that Scandinavians likely have among the highest percentages of Neanderthal ancestry of all modern humans.

Actually, East Asians have slightly more Neanderthal DNA than Europeans.

http://johnhawks.net/weblog/reviews/neandertals/neandertal-dna/neandertal-sex-acts-beyond-counting-2016.html

We have a fairly clear idea of what fraction of the ancestry of today's people came from Neandertals; this fraction was around about 2% for most people worldwide, a bit more for many of the populations of East Asia, and very little for most populations of sub-Saharan Africa today. Vernot and colleagues' new paper (Science 10.1126/science.aad9416) helps to confirm that the elevation of Neandertal genetic similarity among East Asian populations is the result of additional mixture that does not characterize the ancestry of today's western Eurasian populations.

[Admiral Yi]

Actually Timmy, he said Scandinavians.

[11B4V]

Of course the real irony of Brain's comment is that Scandinavians likely have among the highest percentages of Neanderthal ancestry of all modern humans.

Actually, East Asians have slightly more Neanderthal DNA than Europeans.

http://johnhawks.net/weblog/reviews/neandertals/neandertal-dna/neandertal-sex-acts-beyond-counting-2016.html

We have a fairly clear idea of what fraction of the ancestry of today's people came from Neandertals; this fraction was around about 2% for most people worldwide, a bit more for many of the populations of East Asia, and very little for most populations of sub-Saharan Africa today. Vernot and colleagues' new paper (Science 10.1126/science.aad9416) helps to confirm that the elevation of Neandertal genetic similarity among East Asian populations is the result of additional mixture that does not characterize the ancestry of today's western Eurasian populations.

Always knew something was off with them.

[grumbler]

Who knew Neaderthals were so good at math and anime.