Fossil Friday: This Neanderthal’s seen better days…
We recently updated our collection of human evolution skulls. Above we have a very beaten Neanderthal.
Neanderthals represent a fascinating look at the human evolutionary tree. As recently as 30,000 years ago, homo sapiens and Neaderthal’s coexisted. Evidence suggests that we even share close genetic material with other, which is to say at some point we humans and Neanderthal’s interbred.
Neanderthals not only shared physical traits with us, but also seemingly art and maybe even culture. To think that a close relative of ours was making art, as we were also making art is astounding.
More information!
So much science is being done on this right now, shedding new light on our close relatives seemingly daily. Check out the links (all from the last few years) below.
- Much Earlier Split for Neanderthals, Humans? By Brian Switek
- Neanderthal Burials Confirmed as Ancient Ritual. By Ker Than
- Neanderthal Gums Relieved by Toothpicks. By Stefan Sirucek
- Diabetes risk gene ‘from Neanderthals’. By Paul Rincon
- Study: Neanderthals Wore Jewelry And Makeup. By Christopher Joyce
- Neanderthals may have been first human species to create cave paintings. By Alok Jha
- Neanderthal genome project via wikipedia
Written by @kironcmukherjee. Last update: January 25th, 2014.
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