On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 10:33 AM, Bob Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote: > My understanding is that Neandertals were built like The Incredible Hulk.
I do my best. Dave > I think of early humans as built like Mr Bean. > Now who do you think is gonna win in that fight? > You're going to need something more than violence to promote modern humans. > Regards, Bob S. > > On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 4:51 AM, AlunFoto <[email protected]> wrote: >> 2010/6/16 Bob W <[email protected]>: >>> it's also entirely possible that modern people had nothing at all to do with >>> the extinction of the Neandertals. They may have been on their way out >>> anyway, as a result of changes to the environment to which they could not >>> adapt. At the same time, modern humans were able to exploit the changing >>> environment, which is why we entered Europe at the same time as the >>> Neandertals were expiring. One event did not necessarily cause the other - >>> they may have had the same cause. >> >> If climate alone caused the 'thals' demise, modern man could have been >> expanding into vacant territory. However if the new studies correctly >> indicate interbreeding, it means that there was at least a partial >> overlap in the distribution ranges as the 'thals declined. >> >> Climate change could very well have skewed the competitive balance, >> but whoever has the edge would fast-track the other to exclusion. >> >> >> -- >> http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ >> http://alunfoto.blogspot.com >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
