Lexxicos wrote:
The Neanderthals were not humans (in the Homo Sapiens sense), but rather another species that became extinct in Europe around 24000 years ago. They aren't really our ancestors, we didn't evolve from them. We in fact had already evolved when they existed.
Not up on "current" theories - but back when I took classes, it was acceptable to classify "us" as Homo sapien sapien, and the others as Homo sapien neanderthal. This was a "nod" to the possibility that the two could have interbred - i.e. they are subspecies of the same species.
That was 20 years ago, so current thinking may be totally different........
Well, it's not Homo sapien neanderthal, as far as I know. I was taught Homo neanderthalensis. But it is acknowledged that, while we are not directly descended from Neanderthal man, there was probably some interbreeding and what not. They are still considered a separate "branch" of the same evolutionary "tree," though. That is, both groups descended from Australopithecus, Neanderthal from one of the "robust" varieties, and Homo habilis (and eventually Homo sapiens) from one of the gracile. If I remember correctly.
Evolutionary biology = not my favorite subject. I'm sort of a cultural anthropology kind of dude.
Lexxicos wrote:
The Neanderthals were not humans (in the Homo Sapiens sense), but rather another species that became extinct in Europe around 24000 years ago. They aren't really our ancestors, we didn't evolve from them. We in fact had already evolved when they existed.
I think Weeks meant H. sapiens' ancestral memory of their neighbors.
Just a guess.
Rigth-o. I heard the same theory about "trolls" in fairy tales, being same type o' memories.
Ah. My mistake. Sorry mate.
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Congratulations wrote:
Evolutionary biology = not my favorite subject. I'm sort of a cultural anthropology kind of dude.
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The Weekenders wrote:The fact that pygmies still exist in Africa didn't seem to work into the discussion. I must be missing something here...
Uh, African "Pygmies" are not anything like the "hobbits" - they are smaller than other human populations but that is largely due to diet and the lifestyle they lead. They are not microencephalic like the "hobbit" fossil, they have normal-sized brains for their body size.
At any rate, the term "pygmy" refers to a whole plentitude of ethnicities across the globe, many of which are wholly unrelated and developed in independence from one another.
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