From British daily The Independent:
French and Belgian archaeologists have found proof that Neanderthals – mankind’s closest relatives – were living in near-tropical conditions, hunting rhinoceros and elephant, close to what is now France’s Channel coast 125,000 years ago.
No traces of Neanderthal activity have previously been found in north-west Europe during this period – a 15,000-year interval between two ice ages.
Historians previously thought that Neanderthals, who thrived in cold conditions, had failed to adapt to the warmer weather and had retreated to the east or to the north.
Neanderthals and chimpanzees: here.
Neanderthal or Neandertal? Here.
Neanderthal vs. sapiens organization of society: here.
A feminist critique of the above: here.
Male chimpanzees prefer older females: here.
Ancient hominids in Italy: here.
Kebara cave in Israel: here.
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Palaeoanthropology: On the Last Neanderthals.
The last Neanderthals were participants in one of the most
dramatic events in the story of human evolution. At a time of
increasing climatic instability and environmental deterioration,
they would have had to have survived in ever-smaller groups,
confined to less environmentally hostile refugia on the coast of
the Mediterranean, and competing for access…
Full report at http://scienceweek.com/2006/sw061027.htm
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More evidence for Neanderthal-human mixing
claimed:
A study has concluded that some long-ignored fossils
are blends of human and Neanderthal.
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/061012_neanderthal.htm
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Neanderthal DNA partially sequenced:
Scientists have preliminarily mapped out when the
stocky human cousins diverged from our species.
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/061115_neanderthal.htm
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Anthropology: A New Analysis of Neanderthal Genomic DNA.
Our knowledge of Neanderthals is based on a limited number of
remains and artifacts from which we must make inferences about
their biology, behavior, and relationship to ourselves. A new
analysis of the Neanderthal genome advances our understanding of
the evolutionary relationship of Homo sapiens and Homo
neanderthalensis and signifies the dawn of Neanderthal genomics…
Full report at http://scienceweek.com/2006/sw061124.htm
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Hard, brutal lives for Neanderthals:
Neanderthal remains from Spain speak of malnutrition
and possible cannibalism, researchers report.
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/061204_neanderthal.htm
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Interestingly the photo bears a remarkable resemblance to me. I’m an exploaration geologist.
Rick.
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Hi Rick, I sincerely hope you will not suffer from an Ice Age like the Neanderthals … and not from global warming either 🙂
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