Topic ID #20409 - posted 6/6/2012 9:29 AM
Jennifer Palmer
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Why Humans Prevailed Over Neanderthals
Jennifer Palmer
Webmaster
Why Humans Prevailed Over Neanderthals
Rather than destroying our enemies in an epic battle, humans may have won out by being savvy survivors.
Tue Jun 5, 2012 01:01 PM ET Content provided by Natalie Wolchover, Life's Little Mysteries
One hundred thousand years ago, several humanlike species walked the Earth. There were tribes of stocky Neanderthals eking out an existence in Europe and northwest Asia, and bands of cave-dwelling Denisovans in Asia. A diminutive, hobbitlike people called Homo floresiensis inhabited Indonesia. What were essentially modern humans roamed Africa.
Then, about 60,000 years ago, a few thousand of those humans migrated out of Africa. As they slowly moved into new territories over the course of generations, they encountered the Neanderthals, the Denisovans and the hobbit people — all of whom descended from hominin groups that had left Africa during prior waves of migration. DNA analysis shows the humans interbred with these strangers, but other details of the encounters are lost to history. One thing is clear: only humans remain.
Read more here.
Rather than destroying our enemies in an epic battle, humans may have won out by being savvy survivors.
Tue Jun 5, 2012 01:01 PM ET Content provided by Natalie Wolchover, Life's Little Mysteries
One hundred thousand years ago, several humanlike species walked the Earth. There were tribes of stocky Neanderthals eking out an existence in Europe and northwest Asia, and bands of cave-dwelling Denisovans in Asia. A diminutive, hobbitlike people called Homo floresiensis inhabited Indonesia. What were essentially modern humans roamed Africa.
Then, about 60,000 years ago, a few thousand of those humans migrated out of Africa. As they slowly moved into new territories over the course of generations, they encountered the Neanderthals, the Denisovans and the hobbit people — all of whom descended from hominin groups that had left Africa during prior waves of migration. DNA analysis shows the humans interbred with these strangers, but other details of the encounters are lost to history. One thing is clear: only humans remain.
Read more here.
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