ANTH 1131 Lecture Notes - Krapina, Neanderthal 1, Engis
Document Summary
Revolutionary relative in time and genetics and earliest discoveries. Closest revolutionary relative in terms of time and genetics. We share a common ancestor from approximately 500,000 years ago. Neanderthals and humans have had successfully interbred. First hominins that we have ever discovered, due to their location in. More fossils of neanderthals than any other species we"ve discovered. Child"s cranium, but not recognized as a neanderthal skull into decades later. Complete skull found but again, not immediately recognized as a. Neanderthal skull thought to be a modern human"s. Another skull started the debate of whether there was another species/ancestor. Became obvious that it wasn"t modern humans with some diseases. It was a hominin lineage different from our own. 1890s were when the vast majority of the skeletons were found. A number of similar fossils proved they were skeletons of an ancient population, not diseased modern humans. Very productive years for discoveries of neanderthal remains.
