Neanderthal Cultures

The first Neanderthal remains, discovered in Germany in 1856, were presented to the world of science at a meeting of the Lower Rhine Medical and Natural History Society held in Bonn in February 1857 and named a species, Homo neanderthalensis, by William King in 1864. Some Neanderthal fossils and other remains are in excellent condition, giving a good idea of Neanderthal culture. In 1887, two complete skeletons were found in a cave near Spy in Belgium, and more from sites in France in 1887, 1908 and 1911. These and other finds showed that the Neanderthals had populated Europe widely from about 130,000 to 28,000 years ago after which they became extinct. Most of these fossils were found in caves. Usually they are associated with cold

The most recent ancestor to the modern human, Homo neanderthalensis existed between 300,000 and 35,000 years ago. Originating in Africa, ancestors of the early Neanderthals migrated northwards almost 800,000 years ago. These migrants colonized much of the Old World with the majority based in Europe and small groups scattered throughout the Middle East and Asia. Historically, the Neanderthals were among the most resiliant creatures to exist on Earth. As a population, they thrived during the European ice age 40,000 years ago. This ice age enveloped the majority of Northern and Central Europe and due to their physique were the Neanderthals were able to surive. Physcially, the Neanderthals were larger and more muscular than today’s human

The history of life on earth goes back to millions of years. Many species and creatures evolved and changed through time, leading up to what we know today as, modern man. One of the creatures most similar to modern man is the Neanderthals; they are sometimes referred to as “early modern humans.”

A long, long time ago people would run through the forests they lived in and when they were hungry they would start eating the organic life that grew around them. It is only fitting to assume since the flower is much prettier than most other parts of the plant that it would be eaten first.

Nearly 40,000 years ago, Earth was a much different place. Europe was in an ice age, Neanderthals were going on nearly 300,000 years of life, and Homosapiens were making a huge advancement. Was the cause of the Neanderthals diminish due to Homosapiens sudden and large advancement into Europe, or are there other underlying circumstances that could be the reasons for the fall of Neanderthals?

The Akeer Wars brought an abrupt end to the advancement of the most advanced of the human-like species that were developing from the Homo Heidelbergensis evolutionary path. There are two contenders noted as possible aggressors in this War, the Homo Sapiens, or the Homo Neanderthalensis. Although most modern theories point to Homo Sapiens at the attacking species, it is still quite possible, and even probably, that the horrendous attacks were carried out at the hands of the Homo Neanderthalensis. In fact, Homo Sapiens could very well be entirely innocent in the chaos surrounding the war.

The archaeological record is consistent with Neanderthals withdrawing southward into warmer refuges and dwindling in numbers, before more or less disappearing altogether. Fully modern humans furnished with modern human behavior moved those parts of Europe that had already been essentially evacuated by Neanderthals, with stratigraphic gaps, often of a few millennia or more, at sites where the conversion is well proved. Indeed, Neanderthals lasted in southern Iberia until around 30,000 BP, long after fully modern humans had moved into northern Spain by around 40,000 BP (Gilligan, 2007).

Ever since Neanderthals have been discovered they have been misunderstood. From their name, physical traits, and their brain power we have misrepresented them in our novels, comic sketches, cartoons, movies and even in scientific literature for a while. Recently in the past couple of decades we have been gaining a better perspective of them through advancements in technology and scientific methods.

This lecture connection made was made to the Article “Neanderthal were people, too “by Jon Mooallem. Introducing his story to the audience about Gorham’s cave and the knowledge behind his excavation to the caves. The article describes and reflects back to humanity in the change of old view and assumption. Describing the Neanderthals as peoples and their shared ancestry with us. The Neanderthals did similar belief as the human species being they buried their dead. They had faith and reason to their functions. Believed in ceremonial purpose relating how we humans also believe in faith and ceremonial purpose there is a reason. Through congruence, both centuries had knowledge from experience and practical understatement.

Throughout the documentary “Decoding Neanderthals” there was a push of research to push the human view of Neanderthals. Over the year’s research showed that we coexisted with Neanderthals and out beat their species. Many believed that Neanderthals where like the stereotypical unintelligent and wild caveman. With new technology, enhanced research, and the exposing documentary “Decoding Neanderthals” pushed the boundaries of these past ideologies. Through this we have learned how intelligent, symbolic, and closely related this species is to homo-sapiens species. This research proved that the Neanderthal may have not became extent due to in ability to create weapons but, due to inter breading with humans

To be honest, I haven’t taken a biology course since freshman year of high school, so as of this moment, I’m hovering somewhere in between faint recollection of the current material and feeling overwhelmed at the raised expectations. Then again, this is community college; I will be expected to pull my own weight seeing how I’m not in Kansas anymore. Assignments like this will probably be a nice way to help me keep my head above water, so I won’t be completely lost. However, this is not to say that I will completely rely on such assignments to get a decent grade. A few extra points here and there will not hurt my GPA or overall grade.

at the dawn of time, before the vessel being's created the sentient life for the planets, the Tarukfama was cast back into its vessel and the Barivan took it to it's resting place. Earth, a far off planet from the others it was buried beneath it's soil to slumber for all eternity. This planet made the perfect incubator for the Tarukfama allowing it to you use its power, at the Earth's core to create humanity and thriving life. In the beginning, it's power was sorely diminished and it was only able to create lesser beings. However, over time it was able to store more power it continued to attempt to create more intelligent lifeforms resulting in Neanderthals. Eventually, it was able to create humans that grow ever more intelligent and expand

The first Neanderthal fossils found in Europe, a fragmented child’s cranium in Belgium in 1830, and an adult cranium in Gibraltar, were not immediately recognized as a divergent kind of human. Only in 1856 after a partial skeleton was found in a cave in the Neander Valley in Germany it became clear that these fossils belonged to an extinct human and our closest evolutionary relative (Hublin and Pääbo, 2006). Since then, questions about their relationship with modern humans have been fiercely debated between anthropologists. But what attracts most interest from scientists and popular media is the possibility of hybridization between Neanderthals and modern humans if, in other words, they were a genetically different specie or a

In many ways a hunting and gathering economy shaped the aspects of Paleolithic societies , for instance because these societies depended on hunting and gathering they became very egalitarian, which meant that those societies gave equal opportunities and believed in an equal set of principles. Along with those principals, Paleolithic societies had no formal government or ruler which made them freer of tyranny and oppression. However, there were the age old gender roles that still applied to everyday life. Men were to go and hunt and live up to the criteria of masculine identity while women would gather plants, but meat and wild game only counted for 30% of the diet and women would provide the other 70%, making them the primary source of food.

During the paleolithic, humans grouped together in small societies, and maintained by hunting wild animals and gathering plants. Some groups began to make art and clothing. The paleolithic societies became highly equal because there were no formal rulers, and most people had the same skills. They differed in their tool kits, adapting to their environment, religion, social organizations, diet, government, and clothing. As many plants and animals thrived, providing humans with a larger food source, some paleolithic groups were able to settle down in more permanent villages or settlements. Paleolithic humans spread across the globe successfully settling almost every habitable region on the