thoughts on being Human

[pshun2404]

Oh, I'll provide the answer.

It's because the empirical, verifiable evidence shows that the Neanderthals did get wiped out. Whether by by Sapiens or Wolves or Bears or Sheep or whatever. The fact is that the Neanderthals did get wiped out. That's the evidence of what happened to Neanderthals. They all died.

I'm not too sure why some people have problems with that fact?

Derek you are correct. They did get wiped out but I think the question was about HOW....

We know now they did NOT get "wiped out by the Sapiens"

a) because they also were Sapiens (not troglodytes or hairy hunched over cave dwelling sub-humans)
b) and because we so called Sapien-sapiens (a man mdae categorization) were attracted, mated, and produced fertile offspring with them

We probably out numbered them and more or less absorbed their lineage. We probably had more going with alternative survival strategies, like adding planting and herding to the hunting (but that is speculation)

 

[Shemjaza]

Derek you are correct. They did get wiped out but I think the question was about HOW....

We know now they did NOT get "wiped out by the Sapiens"

a) because they also were Sapiens (not troglodytes or hairy hunched over cave dwelling sub-humans)
b) and because we so called Sapien-sapiens (a man mdae categorization) were attracted, mated, and produced fertile offspring with them

We probably out numbered them and more or less absorbed their lineage. We probably had more going with alternative survival strategies, like adding planting and herding to the hunting (but that is speculation)

We have their bones and their DNA. We can work out what they looked like.

They were vastly more different to us then any two humans alive today.

The classification of Sapiens and Neanderthal are man made, but do are all classifications. But these classifications are based on evidence and any hand waving won't make that go away.

They weren't hunched over, but then again none of our upright ancestors were (even the ape like Lucy). However, they had differently hinged shoulders so they would have been better thrusters then throwers.