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=**Neanderthals: why they became extinct**= toc =** vs **= =**Neanderthals: The mysterious homo sapien**= Their aren't a lot of bones uncovered of the Neanderthal these days, and the Neanderthals did not have a specific location since they were not picky on what they ate. Most of them were found in Africa or Europe, we do however know what it ate and what it may have looked like. Like the yeti, the Neanderthals appearance has been questioned and debate since it was first discovered. According to scientist Ed Green from the University of California their may be some Neanderthals among us " we have undergone a new DNA study, and what we found out was most humans have a little Neanderthal in them—at least 1 to 4 percent of a person's genes.The study uncovered the first solid genetic evidence that "modern" humans interbred with the Neanderthasl, who mysteriously died out about 30,000 years ago" ( cited from []) It seems that some scientists disagree with Ed Greens newest find, some think their are more genes then "1 to 4 percent" and it is 10 to 20 at least! Since it was not that long ago and some people thought that the Neanderthals (Also pronounced "Neandertal" since it was first discovered in Germany) Died out 24,000 years ago, but Anthropologists believe that they lived up to 28,000 years ago, a four thousand year difference.
 * The Neanderthal extinction theory has been debated on for quite some time now, most think it is because of coexistence/competition with the mordern human and our developing technology and skills, while some say parasites had something to do with the extinction of the Neanderthal. it all matters on opinion, but i'm not here to talk about that, i'm here to talk about some interesting stuff about the Neanderthals and Cro-Magnon coexistence**

=Neanderthals: A bittersweet moment for the Homo Sapiens:= My theory for our ice age friend from carefull research and watching so many shows from Animal Plant, History channel and National geographic as a child is that when the last ice age occured, the northern europe was uninhabitable since there hunting grounds were near the polar ice caps, making it drastically more colder, so i believe that the Neanderthal followed their prey's migration like any predator would into Africa. The landmasses warmest place in that time period, the only problem was that the Cro-Magnon were already on the scene. Then the Neanderthal slowly died off by interbreeding, unknown bacteria, parasites and disease and the inneffective heavy stone tools meant for stabbing stealth fully and not for throwing in huge open plains. Meanwhile the Cro-Magnons flourished with their sleak, bone spears that glided through the air silently, their experience with the land and their immunity to the parasites and other diseases.

=Neanderthals anatomy: Where are the love handles?= The Neanderthals body was compact instead of large and powerful they only reached 5ft 4 inches max, it curved outwards instead of inwards like a normal human being, so they don't have hips and their vocal chords were impaired so they could not produce speech. This made them more stealthy and retain heat, but at the cost of running fast, looking large and menacing, jumping at all, and speech. The HIGHEST advantage over the Neaderthals and us is our speech mechanism, Without it they were unable to produce complex commands and orders unlike us.

=Who is most dedicated on the Neanderthals species?= Svante Paabo and his research team were the first to reconstruct the skeleton of the prehistoric bigfoot and it and many more of there accomplishments are on there website they and there team are focused on finding out more about our old ancestors... [|www.eva.mpg.de] media type="youtube" key="7p-ost_rRtM?version=3" height="360" width="640" This video is about the reconstruction, their tools, how they hunted and what would happen if they were pitted against us

=**Like the video said...**= Why did the Neanderthals dissapear? are they related to us or we all hybrids of the old humans and Neanderthals? Will there be a overlap like this again? and if so will humanity (our humanity mind you) will come out on top? We may never know all of this without further study and the development of new technologies They were certiantly more adapted then us at the time with adaptations and other bodily skills, Only we can ponder what could have been the most curious and mysterious thing that Humanity has come across

Sources for research and presentation: national geographic magazine:[] National Geographic: [|www.nationalgeographic.com] Pbs: [|www.pbs.org] Ebook: Neanderthal bones found: 1876, Animal planet, The History Channel, National Geographic Channel Youtube video:[]