Neanderthals Died Out 40,000 Years Ago, But Thanks To Their DNA, They're Still All Around Us

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Neanderthals have served as a reflection of our own humanity since they were first discovered in 1856. What we think we know about them has been shaped and moulded to fit our cultural trends, social norms and scientific standards. They have changed from diseased specimens to primitive sub-human lumbering cousins to advanced humans.

We now know Homo neanderthalensis were very similar to ourselves and we even met them and frequently interbred. But why did they go extinct, while we survived, flourished and ended up taking over the planet?

Neanderthals evolved over 400,000 years ago, most likely from an earlier ancestor Homo heidelbergensis. They were extremely successful and spread across an area from the Mediterranean to Siberia. They were highly intelligent, with brains on average bigger than Homo sapiens‘s.

They hunted for big game, collected plants, fungi, and seafood, controlled fire to cook, made composite tools, made clothes from animal skins, made beads from shells, and were able to carve symbols on to cave walls. They took care of their young, old and weak, created shelters for protection, lived through harsh winters and warm summers, and they buried their dead.

https://www.iflscience.com/neanderthals-died-out-40-000-years-ago-but-thanks-to-their-dna-theyre-still-all-around-us-65280

[3Hotdogs]

1. Article says their brains were bigger than ours. They could'dint'a been that smart.

Do you see any evidence that they had even one Starbucks or one McDonalds?

[Beachnutt]

2. MTG is living proof...

[Timewas]

3. That

Is an insult to neanderthals and makes MTg out to be smarter than she really is

[TheBlackAdder]

10. Ya think? I thought she was closer to Sporkfoot, but you might be right.

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[Chainfire]

4. They could have been every bit as smart as us. We have 40,000 extra years of schooling then

they did. Knowledge stacks upon knowledge, if we survive as a species, in 40,000 years they will not only think that we were stupid but crazy as well.

[WarGamer]

7. More intelligent than Homo sapiens as far as we can tell

Today they'd look like super heroes.

[roamer65]

5. ...and they didn't fuck the planet like we are doing.

[WarGamer]

6. One of my favorite topics...

It's a mistake for people to think Neanderthal were stupid or sluggish.

They were smarter, stronger, tougher and pretty much superior to homo sapiens EXCEPT...

Homo sapiens was smaller, had a more efficient body that could survive on less and lower quality food, was faster and more adaptable.

[EYESORE 9001]

8. How can Neanderthals be considered extinct if there is more of their DNA

in the world population than at any other time in history? Perhaps ‘assimilated’ is a better term. Homo sapiens tended to live in larger groups, so their genetic material became predominant.

[Jspur]

9. They are still around they are now called

Republicans.

[GoodRaisin]

11. "They took care of their young, old, and weak"

This would exclude republicans from their blood lines. They only take care of their rich.