ANTHROP 1AA3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Human Taxonomy, Cheese Sandwich, Homo Sapiens
9 Dec 2016
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Neanderthals: 130,000-30,000 years ago, form of archaic homo sapiens , found in the neander valley, many found in europe and africa. Various interpretations: transitional species between homo erectus and homo sapiens discarded. Because they have a restricted geographical range (europe and. They also co-existed with us: a separate species from us that was well adapted to cold environments. Larger teeth, jaws, and more prognathic (protruding) face than h. sapiens sapiens (us) Humans are the only hominids that survived the branching out process: most interpretations favour #2. Relations of neanderthals and modern humans: most humans have a little neanderthal in them, 60% of neandertal genome sequenced, 1-4% of nuclear dna is shared, some evidence and speculation from dna that most humans have a little. Neandertal in them; means that homo sapiens and neandertals were inter-breeding: eventually neandertals died out, only a few interbred with h. sapiens.
