ARCH 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter neanderthals: Mousterian
8 Nov 2016
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For 200,000 years - more than 10,000 generations - ice age. They were pioneers at the northernmost fringe of human territory. There were strangers on the landscape, hunting the game, moving into the caves. As time passed, their #s grew while the neanderthals declined Until at last the ancient people of europe were goneand the world belonged to modern humans. We found our way to every corner of the planet and, eventually, into our own distant past. 150 years ago, german quarrymen working in the neander valley made a startling discovery - strange bones, human, perhaps, but not like any living human. Ever since, the neanderthals have been on trial. Modern humans vary w/ 8 diff mutations whereas neanderthals have 26 from us. Major question: were they our ancestors or not. Neanderthals had large occipital bun to prevent head from bobbing when running b/c their head is too heavy. But some modern humans still have them, diff reason from.
