Autistic individuals are NOT Neanderthal hybirds
A while ago I wrote about the Neanderthal theory of autism (NAT). For those of you who don’t remember (and are too lazy to click on that link), it’s the […]
Category Archives: Neanderthals
The Neanderthal with a chin: a human hybrid?
Humans may have been evolving for millions of years, but some of our traits only developed recently. I’m always fascinated by these modern traits, they’re often the last thing you […]
Earlier Neanderthal Extinction?
Today’s question comes from Cadell, a fellow Advanced Ape. He claims to be Canadian, but I’ve never heard him apologise for anything so I’ve always been skeptical about his heritage. […]
When did humans leave Africa?
Fossil evidence indicates that modern humans evolved in Africa around 195,000 years ago (McDougall et al., 2005). Genetic data confirms this, showing that all living people share an African ancestor […]
Could Neanderthals Throw #2
Neanderthals were very similar to us; even being so close genetically that we were able to interbreed. But it’s their differences that are fascinating because they suggest that all it […]
Why did the Neanderthals go extinct?
This post will be appearing on the Advanced Apes shortly. You get a peak ahead of time, because I love you The Neanderthals were our closest relatives who dominated the […]
Cave art: A creationist hoax
In 1879 Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola was conducting an archaeological excavation of the entrance to Altamira Cave, Spain. He’d just returned from a French conference on prehistory and was determined to make some […]
What did neanderthals wear?
Neanderthals lived in Europe from ~400,000 years ago to ~28,000 years ago. During this time period the climate was difficult, with numerous ice ages and other dramatic climate shifts like […]
Humans and chimps diverged earlier than previously thought
Our lineage’s fossil record is especially sparse between 4 – 8 million years ago. From that time period we have roughly 50 fragmented specimens making up only 6 or so […]
Denisovans diverged from humans 4,000 years ago?
Todd C. Wood is a geneticist who is also a genuine, dyed in the wool young earth creationist. The co-existence of two such divergant positions is perplexing, made all the […]
