BUS 312 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Shanidar Cave, Kebara Cave, Krapina
13 Mar 2018
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Neanderthals are our closest evolutionary cousin, both in terms of genetic relationship and in terms of time. We overlap for much of our existence. We have their dna, a complete mitochondrial dna and. Neandertal"s children skeletons look similar to ours. Called the original neanderthal discovery but is the third one we know about. Kickstarted the human origins research and started big debates about human evolution. These fossils proved that they were members of ancient population and not diseased modern humans. Cutmarks from stone tools and burn marks. Found in human-made pit, suggest might involve signs of puporseful burials. Old man suffered from arthritis and survived many years without many of his molars. Exposure to cold weather during glacial period. Original work was done by two french guy who weren"t trained. People use the cave to store food and removed parts of the neandertal skeleton. European homo heidelbergensis is the direct ancestors of.
