Modern Humans and Neanderthals May Be More Similar Than We Imagined

Re:Modern Humans and Neanderthals May Be More Similar Than W... by tyfon on Saturday September 23, 2017 @03:28PM (#15321256)

Yeah, homo sapiens and homo neanderthalensis were separated by 500.000 years, however they could still produce offspring when they met.

They had art, organisation, tools..

I have neanderthal genes in me as do many people living today. I never got the "official story" of them being dumb cave men who could barely have a coherent thought.

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Re:Modern Humans and Neanderthals May Be More Similar Than W... by to3m on Saturday September 23, 2017 @09:28PM (#15322755)

Mate, you share 50% of your genes with a fucking banana. I double dare you to tell me with a straight face that you never believed the official story that bananas aren't even sentient.

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Re:Modern Humans and Neanderthals May Be More Similar Than W... by grondilu on Saturday September 23, 2017 @05:09PM (#15321746)

> I never got the "official story" of them being dumb cave men who could barely have a coherent thought.

Where did you get that "official" story, though?

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Re:Modern Humans and Neanderthals May Be More Similar Than W... by aaron695 on Saturday September 23, 2017 @09:42PM (#15322795)

There's no crediable evedence they had art.

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