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ScottTheSculptor
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30 May 2012, 12:05 pm

I fail to see the distinction. Humans moved out of africa in waves. Neanderthal was one wave, homo sapien was another.

Neanderthal died out in europe, evolved into homo sapien in africa.

You *could* say that neanderthal "evolved" in europe and therfore "weren't related - but they just maintained the same functions over millenia. Homo Sapien added functionality.

How else would I state the evolutionary steps?
The many names of pre-humans make "Neanderthal" easier.
The difference in behavior is in the polular culture.

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30 May 2012, 11:05 pm

The most recent species that we can say for sure is an ancestor we shared with neanderthals was homo ergaster. But I think you'll find they were just as pack-like as modern humans.



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31 May 2012, 1:42 am

ScottTheSculptor wrote:
I fail to see the distinction. Humans moved out of africa in waves. Neanderthal was one wave, homo sapien was another.

Neanderthal died out in europe, evolved into homo sapien in africa.



Neanderthal DNA has been sequenced. They are a different species from H. Sapien. Lots of similarity of course but still different.

No one really knows the common ancestor of H. Neaderthal and H. Sapien for sure.

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31 May 2012, 10:12 am

Burzum wrote:
The most recent species that we can say for sure is an ancestor we shared with neanderthals was homo ergaster. But I think you'll find they were just as pack-like as modern humans.


I *now* know to use "neanderthal behavior" as the argument. ;-)


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