they’ve been extinct for at least 20,000
years but we still haven’t got our facts
straight now we are the Neanderthal get
ready to rethink what you thought you
knew about Neanderthals welcome to
watchmojo.com one by one in today’s
installment we’re counting down the top
5 myths about Neanderthals if you
weren’t clued in already by the animal
skins in sloping foreheads were cavemen
myth number 5 we are their direct
descendants the arrival of the mutated
human species Homo sapiens was followed
by the immediate extinction of their
less evolved kin the typical timeline of
human evolution shows that we the human
race followed on from the Neanderthals
smoothly and naturally but according to
a 2014 study published in the journal
Nature there was actually an overlap
period of between twenty six hundred and
fifty four hundred years during which
humans and Neanderthals inhabited the
earth together and it’s a cultural
mosaic which existed for millennia we
once believed that they were wiped out
by years of conflict with a much more
advanced branch of humanity called
cro-magnon while it’s believed that the
two groups live largely separate from
one another it’s also suggested that
interbreeding occurred and that modern
humans yes us today are a product of
that there’s a long time ago and kind
has evolved since then yes into up this
explains why scientists attribute parts
of our genetic makeup to our prehistoric
cousins DNA linked to type 2 diabetes
Crohn’s disease lupus and biliary
cirrhosis is thought to have been
inherited from the Neanderthals even
mankind’s propensity for nicotine
addiction has been linked in the
underthe all genes would you please stop
smoking I like to I don’t really smoke
that much myth number four this speech
was limited when it comes to
communications we tend to think of
Neanderthals grunting growling and
generally being unintelligible why am I
talking what is this my lips make a
movement NAT sound and you know what I
need
foolish man one however recent studies
and archaeological findings suggest that
the species was actually capable of
speaking in a way similar to humans this
is a human throat this is a Neanderthal
and it’s very squat the idea first
emerge in 1989 when a hyoid bone was
discovered which looked just like a
human’s the hyoid is a horseshoe shaped
structure located in the neck which
supports the root of the tongue and
enables us to talk other primate species
have it but crucially it’s located
differently which is why we can’t chat
with chimpanzees what’s he saying now
but Neanderthal fossils seem to have
highlights that are similar to our own
while it’s obviously impossible to
categorically prove it without access to
a time machine which I’m hoping someone
is working on science is now accepted
that Neanderthals were capable of some
form of sophisticated conversation the
evidence speaks for itself
quite literally remember what I told you
about our light I still feel the same
myth number three they were emotionally
insensitive savages
he’ll eat sleep repeat that’s the
Neanderthal way of life right actually
experts say that they might have been
more emotionally developed than we might
assume at first glance do the fertility
dance whether the feast mat and dragged
back to your head sure they needed food
to survive the same as everything else
but their existence wasn’t as savage or
a slaughter filled as the film’s would
have us think
tellingly there’s evidence of life
threatening injuries which were nurse
back to health
suggesting that Neanderthals were
healers as well as hunters if they were
really incapable of thinking past their
next meal then surely the wounded would
have been left to die furthermore
fossilized musical instruments have been
found indicating that Neanderthals enjoy
the entirely recreational pastime of
music because no matter how good your
prehistoric femur bone flute solo is
it’s not gonna put food on the table
gotta be more like myth number two they
were stupid there’s nothing on the other
side of the mountains okay the world
ends everybody knows that you’d fall
right off there the word Neanderthal has
taken on the connotation of stupidity
however in the words of researcher
Powell of ear the evidence for cognitive
inferiority is simply not there but they
do exist some signs of braininess and
intellect archeological findings across
Europe suggest that Neanderthals hunted
in groups executing routines and
exercises which would have required
pre-planning teamwork and coordination
far from using just clubs and rocks as
weapons they created in news tools shape
using stone wood and bone and there’s
evidence they manufactured cord some
fossil evidence also suggests the homes
were organized into distinct areas for
work rest and sleep there are extant
cave paintings that might have been
created by now intervals – so while
popular perception paints the
Neanderthal is a mindless creature and
the midpoint between Apes and man they
were likely on the same level as us just
naturally not as advanced remember we’ve
got time on our side almost 30,000 years
of it about working through something
she needs her own sweat how long is just
going to take myth number one bio was
rare
until recently it was believed that fire
was the ultimate friend and foe of the
early hominid population that the
species had no clue how to make it and
little idea of how to control it when it
did erupted but that they also relied on
it immensely
however unlike early Homo sapiens in
quest for fire
Neanderthals could create and keep flame
for themselves and upon analysis of
teeth there’s even evidence of cooking
over camp style fires
according to via at least some of them
even use fire as a means of
manufacturing of the products notably an
adhesive liquid called pitch which is
made by burning bark from birch trees in
a process that requires a high degree of
care and sophistication so how many of
these myths did you believe what if she
struggles yeah no yeah give her a little
tap on the head women responded it is
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years but we still haven’t got our facts
straight now we are the Neanderthal get
ready to rethink what you thought you
knew about Neanderthals welcome to
watchmojo.com one by one in today’s
installment we’re counting down the top
5 myths about Neanderthals if you
weren’t clued in already by the animal
skins in sloping foreheads were cavemen
myth number 5 we are their direct
descendants the arrival of the mutated
human species Homo sapiens was followed
by the immediate extinction of their
less evolved kin the typical timeline of
human evolution shows that we the human
race followed on from the Neanderthals
smoothly and naturally but according to
a 2014 study published in the journal
Nature there was actually an overlap
period of between twenty six hundred and
fifty four hundred years during which
humans and Neanderthals inhabited the
earth together and it’s a cultural
mosaic which existed for millennia we
once believed that they were wiped out
by years of conflict with a much more
advanced branch of humanity called
cro-magnon while it’s believed that the
two groups live largely separate from
one another it’s also suggested that
interbreeding occurred and that modern
humans yes us today are a product of
that there’s a long time ago and kind
has evolved since then yes into up this
explains why scientists attribute parts
of our genetic makeup to our prehistoric
cousins DNA linked to type 2 diabetes
Crohn’s disease lupus and biliary
cirrhosis is thought to have been
inherited from the Neanderthals even
mankind’s propensity for nicotine
addiction has been linked in the
underthe all genes would you please stop
smoking I like to I don’t really smoke
that much myth number four this speech
was limited when it comes to
communications we tend to think of
Neanderthals grunting growling and
generally being unintelligible why am I
talking what is this my lips make a
movement NAT sound and you know what I
need
foolish man one however recent studies
and archaeological findings suggest that
the species was actually capable of
speaking in a way similar to humans this
is a human throat this is a Neanderthal
and it’s very squat the idea first
emerge in 1989 when a hyoid bone was
discovered which looked just like a
human’s the hyoid is a horseshoe shaped
structure located in the neck which
supports the root of the tongue and
enables us to talk other primate species
have it but crucially it’s located
differently which is why we can’t chat
with chimpanzees what’s he saying now
but Neanderthal fossils seem to have
highlights that are similar to our own
while it’s obviously impossible to
categorically prove it without access to
a time machine which I’m hoping someone
is working on science is now accepted
that Neanderthals were capable of some
form of sophisticated conversation the
evidence speaks for itself
quite literally remember what I told you
about our light I still feel the same
myth number three they were emotionally
insensitive savages
he’ll eat sleep repeat that’s the
Neanderthal way of life right actually
experts say that they might have been
more emotionally developed than we might
assume at first glance do the fertility
dance whether the feast mat and dragged
back to your head sure they needed food
to survive the same as everything else
but their existence wasn’t as savage or
a slaughter filled as the film’s would
have us think
tellingly there’s evidence of life
threatening injuries which were nurse
back to health
suggesting that Neanderthals were
healers as well as hunters if they were
really incapable of thinking past their
next meal then surely the wounded would
have been left to die furthermore
fossilized musical instruments have been
found indicating that Neanderthals enjoy
the entirely recreational pastime of
music because no matter how good your
prehistoric femur bone flute solo is
it’s not gonna put food on the table
gotta be more like myth number two they
were stupid there’s nothing on the other
side of the mountains okay the world
ends everybody knows that you’d fall
right off there the word Neanderthal has
taken on the connotation of stupidity
however in the words of researcher
Powell of ear the evidence for cognitive
inferiority is simply not there but they
do exist some signs of braininess and
intellect archeological findings across
Europe suggest that Neanderthals hunted
in groups executing routines and
exercises which would have required
pre-planning teamwork and coordination
far from using just clubs and rocks as
weapons they created in news tools shape
using stone wood and bone and there’s
evidence they manufactured cord some
fossil evidence also suggests the homes
were organized into distinct areas for
work rest and sleep there are extant
cave paintings that might have been
created by now intervals – so while
popular perception paints the
Neanderthal is a mindless creature and
the midpoint between Apes and man they
were likely on the same level as us just
naturally not as advanced remember we’ve
got time on our side almost 30,000 years
of it about working through something
she needs her own sweat how long is just
going to take myth number one bio was
rare
until recently it was believed that fire
was the ultimate friend and foe of the
early hominid population that the
species had no clue how to make it and
little idea of how to control it when it
did erupted but that they also relied on
it immensely
however unlike early Homo sapiens in
quest for fire
Neanderthals could create and keep flame
for themselves and upon analysis of
teeth there’s even evidence of cooking
over camp style fires
according to via at least some of them
even use fire as a means of
manufacturing of the products notably an
adhesive liquid called pitch which is
made by burning bark from birch trees in
a process that requires a high degree of
care and sophistication so how many of
these myths did you believe what if she
struggles yeah no yeah give her a little
tap on the head women responded it is
what Google searches are thinking about
Neanderthals did Neanderthals have
dreadlocks
we’re Adam and Eve Neanderthals do
Neanderthals
yellow the mullahs the more blazing
Inferno top tens and burned out top
fives published daily be sure to
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