New Neandertal data

[lucaspa]

There is a new paper that just came out Jan. 26, 2004 looking at the fossils of neandertals and those of other primates, including humans. The paper is free online and it would be a good exercise for everyone to look at just how much detail goes in to analyzing fossils.

Katerina Harvati, Stephen R. Frost, and Kieran P. McNulty
Neanderthal taxonomy reconsidered: Implications of 3D primate models of intra- and interspecific differences PNAS published January 26, 2004http://www.pnas.org/cgi/reprint/0308085100v1Notice how they reach their conclusion that neandertals and sapiens are separate species.

 

[Hoagie]

Maybe you could furnish your user name and password.

I really don't want to spend the $10 to read the article.

 

[ThePhoenix]

I guess my college has a subscription. Cool! Anyway it sounds interesting, given that I have no knowledge of biological terms. My knowledge in the sciences is mainly physical and chemical.

Heh, the skull picture alone should disprove any concept of neandrethals as old guys with rickets. How many old guys develop elongated skulls of that sort?

 

[lucaspa]

Maybe you could furnish your user name and password.

I really don't want to spend the $10 to read the article.

My apologies. I didn't realize it took a subscription. This is something new from PNAS.

Tell you what, Hoagie, PM me your e-mail address and I'll e-mail you the PDF file of the paper.