ARCH 131 Lecture Notes - Marcellin Boule, Arthur Keith, Caveman
27 May 2014
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Neandertals are our closest hominin relative, both in time and, likely, genetically. They were also among the first fossil hominins that were discovered because they lived in europe where the earliest research began. Because of all these factors neandertals hold a certain special place in the popular view of ancient humans and their origins. Neandertal have made their way into many facets of popular culture they are the stereotypic cavemen . We likely know more about neandertals than any other pre-modern hominin, and yet, there is still a lot that we don"t know. In point of fact, there is still significant debate over whether they should be considered a separate species, homo neanderthalensis, or are more accurately viewed as just a subspecies of ours, homo sapiens neanderthalensis. Although, up to this point the community of. There has also long been division among researchers about how.
