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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Jan 29, 2020 8:25:47 GMT -5
In many ways, the last surviving Neanderthals are a mystery. But four caves in Gibraltar have given an unprecedented insight into what their lives might have been like. By Melissa Hogenboom
Forty thousand years ago in Europe, we were not the only human species alive – there were at least three others. Many of us are familiar with one of these, the Neanderthals. Distinguished by their stocky frames and heavy brows, they were remarkably like us and lived in many pockets of Europe for more than 300,000 years.
For the most part, Neanderthals were a resilient group. They existed for about 200,000 years longer than we modern humans (Homo sapiens) have been alive. Evidence of their existence vanishes around 28,000 years ago – giving us an estimate for when they may, finally, have died off.
Fossil evidence shows that, towards the end, the final few were clinging onto survival in places like Gibraltar. Findings from this British overseas territory, located at the southern tip of the Iberian peninsula, are helping us to understand more about what these last living Neanderthals were really like. And new insights reveal that they were much more like us than we once believed.
I thought this was interesting and that I'd share.
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Post by Tennesseer on Jan 29, 2020 11:24:19 GMT -5
From the linked article in the OP:
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Always interesting.
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Post by busymom on Jan 29, 2020 12:51:46 GMT -5
I saw the thread title, and assumed it was going to be about Republicans. You know, the original knuckle-draggers.
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